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RECUSE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they recuse  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it recuses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: recused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: recused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: recusing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil lawplay

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 caseplay

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)

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