RECUSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recusal mean? 

• RECUSAL (noun)
  The noun RECUSAL has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: RECUSAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECUSAL (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

recusal; recusation

Hypernyms ("recusal" 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)