recusation
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1. (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | objection, |
| definition | : | (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
2. (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)
| hypernym | : | disqualification, |
| definition | : | the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
3. (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties (noun.act)
| derivation | : | recuse, |
| definition | : | challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law (verb.cognition) |
4. (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 | : | recuse, |
| definition | : | disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case (verb.communication) |
5. (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties (noun.act)
| derivation | : | recuse, |
| definition | : | challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law (verb.cognition) |
6. (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 | : | recuse, |
| definition | : | disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case (verb.communication) |
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