Proceedings in a court over one charged (6)
I believe the answer is:
action
'proceedings' is the definition.
(action is a kind of proceedings)
'a court over one charged' is the wordplay.
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'over' says to put letters next to each other.
'one charged' becomes 'ion' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'a'+'ct'+'ion'='ACTION'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for action that I've seen before include "exploit" , "claim in court" , "Battle (in the law courts?)" , "Jarndyce and Jarndyce, say" , "Director's call" .)