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  • noun An act of recusing. To remove oneself from a decision/judgment because of a conflict of interest.

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  • noun (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

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