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Definition of Allocution
1. Noun. (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts.
Definition of Allocution
1. n. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
Definition of Allocution
1. Noun. A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly US legal) The question put to a convicted defendant 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 legal right of a defendant to make such a statement. ¹
3. Noun. (chiefly US legal) The legal right 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. ¹
4. Noun. (Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allocution
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