recusation

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recusatio, recusationis. Compare French récusation.

  1. borrowed from recusatio

Definitions

  1. The act of disqualifying a judge or jury in a specific case on the grounds of possible…

    The act of disqualifying a judge or jury in a specific case on the grounds of possible partiality or prejudice.

    • […]permit a man to refuse a judge, if he himself is of opinion he has any cause, without assigning what that cause is, is therefore in general very silent about what sort of consanguinity is, or is not, a good ground for recusation
  2. A refusal.

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