Welcomes the judge (5)
I believe the answer is:
rises
(Other definitions for rises that I've seen before include "Moves upward" , "Moves upwards" , "Ascends" , "Comes or goes upward" , "Gets up" .)
I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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