allocution
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
- 2.
(US, countable, uncountable)(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.
- 3.
(US, countable, uncountable)(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.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)(Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)(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.
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.
Từ liên quan
Cùng gốc / liên quan
Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.
Nguồn gốc từ
From Latin allocūtiō (address).