recusation
nouns
(law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves
is derived from
(law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties
is derived from
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
is a type of (narrower)
(law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
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