Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
recuse
English answer:
to disqualify as judge
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recuse
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To recuse self from
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to disqualify oneself/to remove oneself (from a case)
Bryan Garner's Dictionary of Modern Legal Usagë:
"recuse; disqualify. The two words are not quite interchangeable in modern legal usage. Disqualify might be used in place of recuse, but the reverse does not hold tru. Disqualify, the broader term, may be used of witnesses, for example, as well as of judges, whereas recuse is applied only to one who sits in judgment (usu. judges or jurors)."
The "Shark-talk" dictionary at www.nolo.com doesn't have "recuse" but it does have "recusal": http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/dictionary_listing....
And in that definition, it applies recusal only to judges and prosecutors.
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Note added at 2002-01-11 16:11:21 (GMT) Post-grading
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Maybe they think we\'re all fans of the Law and Order TV show. (I\'m not a fan; I\'m an addict.)
"recuse; disqualify. The two words are not quite interchangeable in modern legal usage. Disqualify might be used in place of recuse, but the reverse does not hold tru. Disqualify, the broader term, may be used of witnesses, for example, as well as of judges, whereas recuse is applied only to one who sits in judgment (usu. judges or jurors)."
The "Shark-talk" dictionary at www.nolo.com doesn't have "recuse" but it does have "recusal": http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/dictionary_listing....
And in that definition, it applies recusal only to judges and prosecutors.
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Note added at 2002-01-11 16:11:21 (GMT) Post-grading
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Maybe they think we\'re all fans of the Law and Order TV show. (I\'m not a fan; I\'m an addict.)
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Nikki Graham
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Natalia Bearden
: Agrees with the answer I was trying to give in Russian :o) Thanks for straightening me up!
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No, really, I thought I was the one who had messed up. (It is my hobby, after all.) ;-)
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Julia Bogdan Rollo (X)
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Tatiana Neroni (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you. I asked many people here at work (well educated folks) but no one had or could find a definition. Why does the media use terms which the general public cannot digest?"
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Îòâîäèòü
(ñóäüþ, ïðèñÿæíûõ)
"Îòâîä ñîáñòâåííîé êàíäèäàòóðû..."
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recusation - îòâîä (ñóäüè, ïðèñÿæíûõ)
recusable - îñòàâëÿþùèé âîçìîæíîñòü îòêàçà
recusancy - íåïîä÷èíåíèå
recusant - îòêàçûâàþùèéñÿ ïîä÷èíÿòüñÿ âëàñòÿì, çàêîíàì
(Þðèäè÷. è Äèïëîìàòè÷åñêèé ñëîâàðè)
"Îòâîä ñîáñòâåííîé êàíäèäàòóðû..."
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recusation - îòâîä (ñóäüè, ïðèñÿæíûõ)
recusable - îñòàâëÿþùèé âîçìîæíîñòü îòêàçà
recusancy - íåïîä÷èíåíèå
recusant - îòêàçûâàþùèéñÿ ïîä÷èíÿòüñÿ âëàñòÿì, çàêîíàì
(Þðèäè÷. è Äèïëîìàòè÷åñêèé ñëîâàðè)
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Liv Bliss (X)
: Natalie - am I hallucinating or do you know something about Igbirt that I don't know--or is this labeled as an English monolingual question?
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Oh, my... So-o-- sorry! You are not the one hallucinating: I just got up, saw a question, typed something... Only after your responces started arriving did I realize what was happening... Please, don't shoot me :o)
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explanation below
of a judge: withdraw from hearing a case becuase of a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality (New Shorter Oxford),
and that should be recuse onself from, I think.
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and it should also be because in my answer - one of my most annoying typing errors!
and that should be recuse onself from, I think.
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Note added at 2002-01-11 15:54:41 (GMT)
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and it should also be because in my answer - one of my most annoying typing errors!
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Tatiana Neroni (X)
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Kim Metzger
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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2249
Excuse oneself from a case
because of possible lack of impartiality. For example, if a judge is a personal friend of someone who is accused of a crime, he or she would recuse her/himself from hearing the case.
Reference:
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to challenge, to object (an argument)
I don't know about an English term "to recuse", this seems to be the French word "récuser".
récuser: to challenge (a witness)
to object (an argument)
se récuser: to decline to give an opinion or to accept a responsibility.
In English, there is "recusancy":
(to refuse): refusal to accept or obey an established authority.
récuser: to challenge (a witness)
to object (an argument)
se récuser: to decline to give an opinion or to accept a responsibility.
In English, there is "recusancy":
(to refuse): refusal to accept or obey an established authority.
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Kim Metzger
: Maya, get a good English dictionary.
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Kim, check the glossary
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Liv Bliss (X)
: Garner's Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage has a lengthy discussion of how the term mutated in the US from "object to (a judge [he doesn't mention "argument" or "opinion"])" to "remove oneself"
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Tatiana Neroni (X)
: To recuse is the exact legal term for all the above explanations.
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