Recuse

//ɹɪˈkjuːz//

Synonyms for "recuse" (1 found)

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Verb(1 words)
inhibit

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Translations

22 translations across 11 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • recusar verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))

Dutch

2 entries
  • recuseren verb ((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)
  • wraken verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))

Finnish

4 entries
  • jääviytyä verb ((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)
  • jääviytyä verb ((intransitive) of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare oneself disqualified from trying a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality)
  • jäävätä verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))
  • jäävätä itsensä verb ((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)

French

2 entries
  • récuser verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))
  • récuser verb ((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)

German

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  • sich für befangen erklären verb ((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)
  • wegen Befangenheit ablehnen verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))

Greek

2 entries
  • αυτοεξαιρούμαι verb ((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)
  • εξαιρώ verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))

Macedonian

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  • се по́влече verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))

Persian

1 entries
  • رفع صلاحیت کردن verb ((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)

Russian

3 entries
  • отводи́ть verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))
  • отводиться verb ((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)
  • отка́зываться от участия verb ((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)

Spanish

2 entries
  • recusar verb (to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.))
  • recusarse verb ((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)

Swedish

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  • jäva ut sig verb ((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)

Sample sentences

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And therfore, if ayenst this peticion any processe be made of any maner Juge spirituel or temporell, and soo the same John have wronge, thanne he provoketh and appelleth this cause directly to the rightwisness of god and to the liege lorde, ffor other juges in his matere he hath utterly suspecte, for greet wronges that he hath had, dreding to have more. He therfor hem utterly recuseth, and herto he fully him submitteth.

Source: wiktionary

[T]he Quenys grace may alvvayes recuſe & appell at her good pleaſure & libertie, from vvhatſoever Decree or Sentence, either interlocutorie, or definitive, ſhe vvil: […]

Source: wiktionary

The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest as one of the parties was a personal friend.

Source: wiktionary

The revelation is almost certain to prompt calls for [Samuel] Alito, a member of the court’s conservative wing, to recuse himself from several high-profile cases pending before the court this year involving the election and subsequent attack on the US Capitol, including the blockbuster question of whether Trump may claim immunity from federal election subversion charges.

Source: wiktionary

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