re·cuse /rɪˈkjuz/
re·cuse v. t. Law To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.]
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recuse
v 1: disqualify oneself (as a judge, for example) in a particular
case
2: challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or
interested, in canon and civil law