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Verb: recuse  ri'kyooz
Usage: N. Amer
  1. (law) disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
     
  2. (law) challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law

Derived forms: recused, recuses, recusing

Type of: disqualify, reject

Encyclopedia: Recuse