Recuse

Recuse
(v) Recuse is act by which a judge or prosecutor refuses to hear the case or present the case, when his interests are conflicted in the case barring him from a neutral stand, ...

Recuse The process by which a judge is disqualified from hearing a case, on his or her own motion or upon the objection of either party.

recuse
v. to refuse to be a judge (or for a judge to agree to a request by one of the parties to step aside) in a lawsuit or appeal because of a conflict of interest or other good reason (acquaintanceship with one of the parties, for example).

recuse: To disqualify oneself as a judge
redact: to edit, revise ...

recuse, recusal Procedure by which a judge disqualifies himself from hearing a case because of personal acquaintance with the parties, or for some other reason that might suggest bias or prejudice.

recuse: To excuse (oneself) or be excused from a criminal or civil proceeding because of conflict of interest.

See also: recuse
The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill Publisher Fine Communications ...

Rehnquist recused himself because he had served in the Nixon administration), recognized for the first time the general legitimacy of executive privilege. Nevertheless, Chief Justice Warren E.

The act of a judge to remove (recuse) him or her self from participating in a case because they have special or personal interest in the outcome that could influence their decisions or judgement of the case.
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"The party who wishes to recuse a judge shall have, on pain of inadmissibility, to do so as soon as he has knowledge of a ground of recusal.
"In no case may the request for recusal be made after the end of the oral arguments." ...

Definition - Noun
: a motion that attempts to counter a similar motion filed by an opposing party <after the plaintiffs moved to recuse his counsel, the defendant filed a ~ to disqualify theirs>
Pronunciation'kro's-"mO-sh&n ...

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