| 单词 | recuse |
| 释义 | recuse (once / 9809 pages) v The verb recuse is used in legal situations and means to remove someone from a position of judicial authority, either a judge or a member of a jury, who is deemed unacceptable to judge, usually because of some bias. The Latin recusare, meaning "to refuse" is the place to start in the history of recuse. You can recuse someone else, but also yourself. As the sister-in-law of the person accused of stealing 400 gallons of pudding from the local pudding factory, you had no choice but to recuse yourself from judging the trial. Too bad, it sounds like an interesting one. WORD FAMILYrecuse: recusal, recusant, recusation, recused, recuses, recusing+/recusal: recusals/recusant: recusancy, recusants/recusation: recusations USAGE EXAMPLESThe commission found he acted appropriately and within the law by recusing himself on abortion-related matter. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) Did that mean she was recusing herself from the case? Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) It would also require presidential appointees to recuse themselves from any specific matters involving the financial interests of the president. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1v disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case Hyper disqualify declare unfit 2v challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law Hyper reject refuse to accept or acknowledge |
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