RECUSATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties

Classified under:

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)