Recuse - Law Dictionary Search Results
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recuse re·cused re·cus·ing [Anglo-French recuser to refuse, from Middle French, from Latin recusare, from re- back + causari to give a reason, from causa cause, reason] 1 : to challenge or object to (as a judge) as having prejudice or a conflict of interest 2 : to disqualify (as oneself or another judge or official) for a proceeding by a judicial act because of prejudice or conflict of interest [an order recusing the district attorney from any proceeding may be appealed by the district attorney or the Attorney General "California Penal Code"] re·cuse·ment n ...
recusal
recusal : an act, procedure, or fact of recusing compare challenge ...
recusant
recusant : refusing to submit to authority [the witness failed to appear despite a subpoena] recusant n ...
recusation
recusation : recusal ...
Recusants
Recusants, persons who wilfully absented them-selves from their parish church, and on whom penalties were imposed by various statutes (e.g., 1 Eliz. c. 2, and 3 Jac. 1, c. 4; repealed by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 59) passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. And see Canons 65, 66, by which Ministers are enjoined to denounce Recusants, and Ministers being Preachers to 'labour diligently with them from time to time thereby to reclaim them from their errors.'...
Recusancy
The state of being recusant nonconformity...
Recusant
Obstinate in refusal specifically in English history refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc or to conform to the established rites of the church as a recusant lord...
Recusable
Recusable, means providing a basis for disqualify-ing a Judge from sitting on a case, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1281....
Recusant
Recusant, means a person who refuses to submit to an authority or comply with a command, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1281....
challenge
challenge chal·lenged chal·leng·ing 1 : to dispute esp. as being invalid or unjust [counsel challenged this interpretation] 2 : to question formally (as by a suit or motion) the legality or legal qualifications of [ the regulations] ;esp : to make a challenge to (a trier of fact) [the grounds for challenging prospective jurors "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] compare recuse n 1 : a calling into question ;esp : a questioning of validity or legality : objection [when the to the statute is in effect a of this basic assumption "Kramer v. Union Free School Dist. No. 15, 395 U.S. 621 (1969)"] see also batson challenge 2 : a request to disqualify a trier of fact (as a jury member or judge) compare recusal, strike challenge for cause : a challenge esp. of a prospective juror based on a specific and stated cause or reason challenge to the array : a challenge of an entire jury that raises objections to the selection process peremptory challenge : a challenge esp....