Allocution

Word ALLOCUTION
Character 10
Hyphenation al lo cu tion
Pronunciations /alə(ʊ)ˈkjuːʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Allocution"

What do we mean by allocution?

A formal and authoritative speech; an address. noun

A statement that is made by a defendant before a sentence is pronounced. noun

A speaking to; an address, especially a formal address. Also written adlocution. noun

Specifically— In Roman antiquity, a formal address by a general-in-chief or imperator to his soldiers. Such scenes were often represented in art on medals and reliefs, In the Roman Catholic Church, a public address by the pope to his clergy, or to the church generally. noun

The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. noun

An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. noun

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

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. noun

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. noun

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

(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts noun

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

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.

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

(communications) 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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Allocution

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The word "allocution" in example sentences

And the defendant then tells the judge that he did, in fact, do as the indictment alleges with respect to all of the elements, then, yes, the allocution is a greater indication than a mere, “Well, I believe the State could prove its case.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the defendant then tells the judge that he did, in fact, do as the indictment alleges with respect to all of the elements, then, yes, the allocution is a greater indication than a mere, “Well, I believe the State could prove itscase.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is called the allocution as they say in "Law and Order." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The whole point of what's called the allocution, when the judge asks the defendant questions about pleading guilty, is to establish that the defendant really wants to plead guilty. ❋ Unknown (2007)

However there's this old tradition called allocution of a judge, when he denounces someone who is a culprit, and he advises that person of their wrongdoing and what a proper opinion of that individual ought to be. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The process of judicial interrogation of the defendant and the defendants response is usually called an "allocution", and these are statements of fact made by the defendant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In normal courts, this process is known as "allocution" and even in these fundamentally flawed commissions, it is hard to imagine any judge accepting guilty pleas in capital cases without undertaking this second stage with rigor and care. ❋ Unknown (2009)

During his "allocution" at his sentencing hearing in October 2000, he revealed his personal knowledge of Iran's early ties to his boss, Osama bin Laden. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The judge said his statement to the court, called "allocution" in the federal system, was the most eloquent he had heard. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[NLM note: This does indeed require further reflections, not least in the light of the pronouncements of the Servant of God Pius XII who only ten years prior to this instrcution rejected the separation of altar and tabernacle in his famous allocution to the Assisi liturgical congress.] ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Veni Creator is sung, an address is delivered by the Father Custos of the Holy Land, the Pope holds an allocution, and the Regina Coeli is sung: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Holy Father then left the Holy Spulchre and gave a striking allocution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his allocution to the first group of the Brazilian bishops, who are currently making their obligatory ad limina-visits, Pope Benedict XVI included another forceful repudiation of the hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture and a rather severe indictment of the self-secularisation of the Church in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here is an NLM translation of the allocution the Holy Father gave on that occasion with some particularly relevant sections highlighted: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, after they placed a "(D)" next to his name during his allocution ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Let us recall, as an example, Pius XII's words in his allocution to midwives in 1951: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Any court that has accepted a defendant's allocution to a crime based on a set term of imprisonment, however mild it may seem in retrospect, is not supposed to reject its decision surreptitiously and without notice to the defendant. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes, technically if Craig lied in his allocution he committed perjury. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If a defendant knowingly makes false material statements in his own allocution, that could indeed form the basis for a prosecutable crime, especially if the defendant later recanted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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