allocution

== English == === Etymology === From Latin allocūtiō (“address”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /alə(ʊ)ˈkjuːʃən/ === Noun === allocution (countable and uncountable, plural allocutions) A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful. (chiefly US, law) 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, law) 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. (Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy. (communication, media) 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. 1993, I. Th. M. Snellen and Wim B. H. J. van de Donk (eds.), Public Administration in an Information Age, →ISBN, p. 198 (Google preview): 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. ==== Related terms ==== allocute ==== Translations ==== === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. === Anagrams === loculation == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin allocūtiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.lɔ.ky.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === allocution f (plural allocutions) (short) speech, address === Further reading === “allocution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012