recuse

A verb used to indicate the act of a judge, prosecutor, or other official disqualifying themselves from a legal case due to a potential conflict of interest or bias.

• 🌐فعل يُستخدم للإشارة إلى تنحي القاضي أو المدعي أو غيره من الموظفين الرسميين عن المشاركة في قضية قضائية بسبب تضارب محتمل في المصالح أو التحيز. ويشمل أيضاً طلب رد القاضي أو الخصم لسبب من أسباب الرد.

1. Disqualify oneself as a judge C1 formal legal

   To remove oneself from a legal case due to a potential conflict of interest or bias.

   • The judge decided to recuse himself from the trial because of his personal relationship with the defendant.
   • She recused herself from the case to avoid any appearance of impropriety.
   • The attorney requested that the judge recuse himself due to a financial interest in the outcome.

   🌐تنحية الذات

   المرادفات: step downwithdraw

2. Challenge a judge's competence C2 formal legal

   To formally object to a judge's participation in a case, claiming they are biased or have a conflict of interest.

   • The defense moved to recuse the judge for bias.
   • In canon law, a party may recuse a judge who is deemed incompetent.
   • The civil procedure allows a party to recuse a judge if there is a reasonable doubt about their impartiality.

   🌐رد القاضي

   المرادفات: challengedisqualifyexcuseremove

• recused past participle
• recused past simple
• recusing present participle
• recuses third person singular