Recusation

In civil law

A plea or exception by which the defendant requires that the judge having jurisdiction of the cause should abstain from' deciding, upon the ground of interest, or for a legal objection to his prejudice. A recusation is not a plea to the jurisdiction of the court, but simply to the person of the judge. It may, however, extend to all the judges, as -when the party has a suit against the whole court. Poth. Proc. Civ. ch.

2, § 5.

It is a personal challenge of the judge for cause.

See 2 La. 390: 6 La. 134.

The challenge of jurors. Code Prac. La. arts.

499, 500.

An act, of what nature soever it may be, by which a strange heir, by deeds or words, declares he will not be heir.

Dig. 29. 2. 95. See, generally, 1 Hopk. Ch. (N. Y.) 1; 5 Mart. (La.) 292.