Je recuse

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Jocelyn Limpert
<jocelyn.limpert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Recuse does not mean exclude. It is to challenge someone as disqualified,
> especially because of interest or bias, or to withdraw oneself so as to
> avoid the appearance of bias.
>
> jl

In that case, I no longer have a clear understanding of the meaning
of, e.g. " Judge [Name] has recused himself," as commonly employed in
cop-operas.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
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