recusation

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 101081986)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: disqualification - the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
    same as: recusal
  2. (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties (synset 101027962)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: objection - (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

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