Associations to the word «Recuse»

Wiktionary

RECUSE, verb. (transitive) To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified to act.
RECUSE, verb. (intransitive) (of a judge) To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified to act.

Dictionary definition

RECUSE, verb. Disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case.
RECUSE, verb. Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke