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.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'un juge, d'un procureur ou d'un autre officier de justice qui se récuse ou est récusé dans une affaire judiciaire en raison d'un conflit d'intérêts potentiel ou d'un parti pris.

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.

   🇫🇷Se récuser (comme juge)

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Récuser un juge

   Synonymes: challengedisqualifyexcuseremove

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