allocute
- The act of making a formal statement or address, particularly in the legal domain
- The process of asking specific questions to a criminal defendant before passing a sentence
- When asked to allocute, the defendant gave a final plea for leniency.
- Before passing sentence, the judge decided to allocute the defendant to gain more insight into the defendant's intentions.
- It is at the discretion of the judge to allocute the defendant to better understand the context of the crime.
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