Disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case.

Roget 536: deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.    disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant etc. 607; revoke etc. (abrogate) 756.    dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question etc. (doubt) 485; give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat.    deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie.    repudiate etc. 610; set aside, ignore etc. 460; rebut etc. (confute) 479; qualify etc. 469; refuse etc. 764.    recuse [Law].    ... show more

Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law.