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; [syn: recusation, recusal]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
recusal
n 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 [syn: recusation, recusal]