Recusation

Rec`u`sa´tion    (r?k`?`z?´sh?n)

n.	1.	Refusal.
	2.	(Old Law) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recusation - (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 recusal disqualification - the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	recusation - (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties objection - (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"