Pronunciations (3)
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/ɹɪˈkjuːz/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɹiˈkjuz/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ɹɪˈkjuːz
Verb
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
Usage- often
- Reflexive
- Transitive
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And therfore, if ayenst this peticion any processe be made of any maner Juge spirituel or temporell, and soo the same John have wronge, thanne he provoketh and appelleth this cause directly to the rightwisness of god and to the liege lorde, ffor other juges in his matere he hath utterly suspecte, for greet wronges that he hath had, dreding to have more. He therfor hem utterly recuseth, and herto he fully him submitteth.
[T]he Quenys grace may alvvayes recuſe & appell at her good pleaſure & libertie, from vvhatſoever Decree or Sentence, either interlocutorie, or definitive, ſhe vvil: […]
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.). Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
Usage- often
- Reflexive
- Transitive
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The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest as one of the parties was a personal friend.
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The revelation is almost certain to prompt calls for [Samuel] Alito, a member of the court’s conservative wing, to recuse himself from several high-profile cases pending before the court this year involving the election and subsequent attack on the US Capitol, including the blockbuster question of whether Trump may claim immunity from federal election subversion charges.
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.). To object to (a judge, juror, or prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
Usage- Canada
- US usage
- often
- Reflexive
- Transitive
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The ſaid [Nicholas] Fiott, likevviſe, recuſeth James Pipon, eſq; [as being a judge in the cause] ſeeing, that he knovvs that the ſaid Fiott is the perſon vvho is the cauſe that the ſaid Pipon hath been ſued by rigour of lavv, before the council, in order to oblige him to do juſtice to the poor concerning the hoſpital.
To refuse (to do something).
Usage- Obsolete
- often
- Reflexive
- Transitive
To dismiss (an appeal).
Usage- Obsolete
- often
- Rare
- Reflexive
- Transitive
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[N]otvvithſtanding that the ſaid Judges amply and ſufficiently declared, as vvell the ſincerity of their minds directly, juſtly to proceed vvithout favour, dread, affection, or partiality; […] yet ſhe nevertheleſs perſiſting in her former vvilfulneſs, and in her Appeal, vvhich alſo by the ſaid Judges vvas likevviſe recuſed: […]
Verb
disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- Broader terms
challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
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