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RECUSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they recuse ... he / she / it recuses
Past simple: recused
Past participle: recused
-ing form: recusing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "recuse" is one way to...):
reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
recusation ((law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "recuse" is one way to...):
disqualify (declare unfit)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
recusal ((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)
recusant (refusing to submit to authority)
recusation ((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)
