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Webster 1913 Edition

(r?-k?z′)

Verb.

[F.

récuser

, or L.

recusare

. See

(Law)

To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.

[Obs.]

Sir K. Digby.

Verb.

s as z. [L. recuso.] To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [The practice and the word are obsolete.]

See also: recuse, récusé, and récuse

recusé