Look up: recuse

1. recuse
   [v] - disqualify oneself (as a judge, for example) in a particular case 2. [v] - challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
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2. Recuse
   Re·cuse' transitive verb [ French récuser , or Latin recusare . See Recusant .] (Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [ Obsolete] Sir K. Digby.
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3. Recuse
   • (v. t.) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.
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4. recuse
   recuse To refuse. To protest against, to object to; that is, to disqualify someone from judging or participating in something because of bias, incompetence, or personal interest; or to withdraw oneself for one of those reasons.
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5. Recuse
   (v) Recuse is act by which a judge or prosecutor refuses to hear the case or present the case, when his interests are conflicted in the case barring him from a neutral stand, and when one of the party requests for change of such judge or prosecutor
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6. recuse
   v. to refuse to be a judge (or for a judge to agree to a request by one of the parties to step aside) in a lawsuit or appeal because of a conflict of interest or other good reason (acquaintanceship with one of the parties, for example). It also applies to a judge or prosecutor being removed or volun...
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