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.

• 🇪🇸Verbo usado para referirse a la acción de un juez, fiscal u otro funcionario que se aparta o se abstiene de participar en un caso judicial debido a un posible conflicto de intereses o parcialidad.

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.

   🇪🇸Abstenerse (un juez)

   Sinónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸Recusar a un juez

   Sinónimos: challengedisqualifyexcuseremove

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