verb · transitive · rare

recuse

re·cuse

recuse · recuses · recused · recusing

отводить, отводиться, отказываться от участия

wegen Befangenheit ablehnen, sich für befangen erklären

To reject or repudiateTo reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).

UK/ɹɪˈkjuːz/US/ɹiˈkjuz/

» The judge recused himself from the case.

Meaning

5 senses

(often, reflexive, transitive)To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
wegen Befangenheit ablehnen
отводи́тьotvodítʹ
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
(often, reflexive, transitive)Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest as one of the parties was a personal friend.
sich für befangen erklären
отводитьсяotvoditʹsja, отка́зываться от участияot
disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
(Canada, US, often, reflexive, transitive)To object to (a judge, juror, or prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
(obsolete, often, reflexive, transitive)To refuse (to do something).
(obsolete, often, rare, reflexive, transitive)To dismiss (an appeal).

Examples

2 sentences

The judge recused himself from the case.
CC0 · Tatoeba · ddnktr · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
The judge recused himself from the case because of a conflict of interest.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · darinmex · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.):

(transitive, reflexive) of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartality:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.):

(transitive, reflexive) of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartality:

Origin

From Late Middle English recusen, from Old French recuser (modern French récuser (“to chal

From Late Middle English recusen, from Old French recuser (modern French récuser (“to challenge; to impugn; (formal) to make an objection; (law) to recuse”), and from its etymon Latin recūsāre, the present active infinitive of recūsō (“to decline, refuse, reject; (law) to object to, protest”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’, denoting opposition or reversal) + causa (“cause, reason; (law) case, claim; etc.”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of rouse and possibly ruse.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source