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One about to follow a court battle (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

action

'battle' is the definition.
(military action)

'one about to follow a court' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'about' becomes 'on' (**).
'to follow' says to put letters next to each other.
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'i'+'on'='ion'
'a'+'ct'='act'
'ion' put after 'act' is 'ACTION'.

(Other definitions for action that I've seen before include "Director's cue?" , "Operation - lawsuit" , "instruction from director" , "Fighting - lawsuit" , "Watch operating mechanism" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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