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Definition of Recusation
1. Noun. (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.
Generic synonyms: Disqualification
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Recuse, Recuse
2. Noun. (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties.
Definition of Recusation
1. n. Refusal.
Definition of Recusation
1. Noun. (legal) The act of disqualifying a judge or jury in a specific case on the grounds of possible partiality or prejudice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recusation
Literary usage of Recusation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Legal News by James Kirby (1897)
"Subsequently (May 16) the recusation was filed, and the Judge (June 3) made
answer, alleging that there was no ground for it. The following term (June 10) ..."
2. The Code of Civil Procedure of the Province of Quebec with a Concordance of by Québec (Province)., Robert Stanley Weir, Québec (Province). Courts (1898)
"A judge who is aware of a ground of recusation to which he is liable is bound,
without waiting until it is invoked, to make a written declaration of it, ..."
3. A Manual of the Practice and Procedure in the Several Courts Having Civil by Ivan Wotherspoon (1880)
"A recusation is pro posed by means of a petition containing the grounds thereof,
... If the recusation is proposed against the sole judge residing in a ..."
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