#prejudge
- To prejudge — To express one's legal opinion or conviction publicly or in advance regarding the merits of a pending lawsuit, before the court deliberates and issues an official ruling. In procedural law, the act of a judge prejudging or expressing an opinion beforehand constitutes a severe structural violation of the principles of impartiality and independence, representing a rigorous legal ground for their disqualification or self-recusal.
- Prejudgement — The act or manifestation by which a judge or a member of a judicial panel expresses their intimate conviction or legal opinion on the outcome of a lawsuit before the official opening of deliberations. This procedural phenomenon represents a serious structural deviation from the rules of impartiality, creating a presumption of bias and constituting an imperative legal ground for granting a disqualification motion.