allocution
Meanings
判決後、裁判で有罪判決を受けた被告人に裁判官が尋ねる質問で、被告人が判決前に法廷で陳述をしたいかどうかを尋ねるもの。そのような質問に対する被告人の陳述。被告人がそのような陳述をする法的権利。
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.