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

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy