allocution

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.

   • The Minister of War, in a barrack-square allocution to the officers of the artillery regiment he had been inspecting, had declared the national honour sold to foreigners.
2. 2

   The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict…

   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.

3. 3

   The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior…

   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.

   • As of July, 1985, 19 states permitted victim allocution at the sentencing phase of criminal trials.
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   1. 4

      A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of…

      A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.

   2. 5

      The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to…

      The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.

      • Allocution is the dissemination of information by a central unit towards a collectivity of decentral units, the central unit being both the source and the determining actor.

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