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Criminal Investigation Department filling most of legal document for judge (6)

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I believe the answer is:

decide

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'for judge' is the definition.
(decide can mean to make a judgment)

'criminal investigation department filling most of legal document' is the wordplay.
'criminal investigation department' becomes 'cid' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'filling' is an insertion indicator.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'legal document' becomes 'deed' (deed is a kind of legal document).
'deed' with its last letter removed is 'dee'.
'cid' going into 'dee' is 'DECIDE'.

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(Other definitions for decide that I've seen before include "Resolve; give judgement" , "Reach a judgment" , "Make a judgment" , "Adjudicate" , "Reach a conclusion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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