Thesaurus: recusation

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1. n. Refusal.
2. n. The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality.
3. n. (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
4. n. (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties
5. 1. Refusal. [Obs.] 2. (Old Law) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. Blackstone.
6. The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall nottry the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. Blackstone.
7. n (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 n (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties