recuse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
  2. verb challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law

WordNet

Re*cuse" transitive verb
Etymology
F. récuser, or L. recusare. See Recusant.
Definitions
  1. (Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. Obs. Sir K. Digby.

Webster 1913