recuse
Bow out judicially
To recuse is to remove oneself or be removed from a case or decision due to a conflict of interest.
Judges recuse themselves when they have personal connections to parties in a lawsuit; board members recuse themselves from votes on matters where they stand to benefit.
The judge recused herself because her nephew was the defendant.
The noun is recusal.
Freedom from prejudice
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
objectivity · neutrality · duty · propriety · appearance · impropriety · independence · standards
Declare unfit to compete
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- abstainDeliberately not do
- excuseOffered reason for wrongdoing
- conflictOpposition between parties
removal · motion · mandatory · voluntary · grounds · ruling · denial · appeal
Voluntarily leave office
- abstainDeliberately not do
- declineDecrease or refuse
- refrainAbstain from acting
- substituteReplacement for another
replacement · reassignment · transfer · vacate · relinquish · cede · yield · hand-off
Unfair favor toward some
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- relationshipConnection between entities
familial · pecuniary · predetermined · tainted · compromised · influenced · affiliated · connected
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
integrity · objectivity · neutrality · duty · propriety · appearance · impropriety · independence · standards · code
disqualify
Declare unfit to compete
conflict · removal · motion · mandatory · voluntary · grounds · ruling · denial · appeal · bench
step-down
Voluntarily leave office
substitute · replacement · reassignment · transfer · vacate · relinquish · cede · yield · hand-off · pass
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
relationship · familial · pecuniary · predetermined · tainted · compromised · influenced · affiliated · connected
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
- quittingquit, resign, resignation, stop, end
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
recuseparticipate
Take an active role
preside · sit · hear · adjudicate · engage