† reˈcusator, a. and n. Sc. Law. Obs. rare.
[f. as next: cf. declarator, interlocutor, etc.]
a. adj. = next. b. n. An exception taken to a judge as incompetent to try a case.
| 1561 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 172 Adherand to my recusatouris or declinatouris. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 113 He sould not be hard afterward, to propone any exception declinatour, or recusatour against the Judge. |