Definitions from Wiktionary (recuse)

▸ verb:  (transitive, often reflexive)
▸ verb:  To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
▸ verb:  (reflexive, law) 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 impartiality.
▸ verb:  (chiefly Canada, US, law) To object to (a judge, juror, or prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
▸ verb:  (obsolete)
▸ verb:  To refuse (to do something).
▸ verb:  (rare) To dismiss (an appeal).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, law) 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.

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