(chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
(chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
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(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.
(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.
A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
The act of allotting.