RECUSAL

recusation, recusal

(noun) (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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

recusal (countable and uncountable, plural recusals)

An act of recusing; removing oneself from a decision/judgment because of a conflict of interest.

Anagrams

• Clauser, cesural, secular

Source: Wiktionary



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