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recusation

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

Noun

recusation (countable and uncountable, plural recusations)

  1. 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 recusation1750, William Blackstone, An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity
  2. (obsolete) A refusal.

Forms of recusation

pluralrecusations

Origin of recusation

Borrowed from Latin recusatio, recusationis. Compare French récusation.

Questions about recusation

What does recusation mean?
Recusation means the act of disqualifying a judge or jury in a specific case on the grounds of possible partiality or prejudice.
What part of speech is recusation?
Recusation is a noun.
What is the plural of recusation?
The plural of recusation is recusations.

Words near recusation in the dictionary

  1. recusances
  2. recusancies
  3. recusancy
  4. recusant
  5. recusants
  6. recusation
  7. recusations
  8. recusative
  9. recusatory
  10. recuse
  11. recused

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