The question put to a convicteddefendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict in a trial, in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the court before sentencing; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the legalright of a defendant to make such a statement.
The legalright of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim.
A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.
The mode of informationdissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.
Origin
From Latin allocūtiō ("address")
Modern English dictionary
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