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RECUSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recusation" is a kind of...):
objection ((law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
recuse (challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law)
Sense 2
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 ("recusation" 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)
