recuse

English Thesaurus

1. challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	reject,
definition	:	refuse to accept or acknowledge (verb.cognition)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

2. disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	disqualify,
definition	:	declare unfit (verb.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	recusation,
definition	:	(law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties (noun.act)

4. disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case (verb.communication)

derivation	:	recusal, recusation,
definition	:	(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 (noun.act)

derivation	:	recusant,
definition	:	refusing to submit to authority (adj.all)

5. challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	recusation,
definition	:	(law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties (noun.act)

6. disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case (verb.communication)

derivation	:	recusal, recusation,
definition	:	(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 (noun.act)

derivation	:	recusant,
definition	:	refusing to submit to authority (adj.all)