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RECUSAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves
Synonyms:
recusal; recusation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recusal" is a kind of...):
disqualification (the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
recuse (disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case)
