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RECUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recuse mean? 

RECUSE (verb)
  The verb RECUSE has 2 senses:

1. disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular caseplay

2. challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil lawplay

  Familiarity information: RECUSE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECUSE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
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:

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)


Sense 2

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)


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