Group of lawyers stopping money in place for levies (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
tithe barn
'place for levies' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'group of lawyers stopping money' is the wordplay.
'group of lawyers' becomes 'the bar' (term for the legal profession).
'stopping' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters stop or plug a gap).
'money' becomes 'tin' (old-fashioned slang term for money).
'thebar' placed within 'tin' is 'TITHE-BARN'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tithe barn that I've seen before include "Where some taxes are collected" , "large food store" , "Building for storing produce made over as tax" , "Rural store" , "Store for produce given to the church" .)