- recusation, recusal - (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
--1 is a kind of disqualification
Derived form: verb recuse1 - recusation - (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties
--2 is a kind of objection
Derived form: verb recuse2