Supreme Court quota (4)
I believe the answer is:
nine
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">supreme court quota</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for nine that I've seen before include "A number of worthies" , "Cat's lives? - the next clue?" , "Days Lady Jane 5 ac reigned" , "One's married partner" , "Square root of 81" .)