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disqualified(unable to give a statement, or to participate in decision-making or judging on a particular case due to potential or real conflict of interest)
Tuomari oli jäävi ratkaisemaan juttua, koska vastaaja oli hänen siskonsa.
The judge was disqualified to try the case, because the defendant was his/her sister.
Usage notes
In legal usage this term has been substituted for esteellinen.
“jäävi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02