Allocutus
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In criminal procedure, when a prisoner is convicted on a trial for treason or felony, the court is bound to demand of him what he has to say as to why the court should not proceed to judgment against him; this demand is called the “aifocutus,” and is entered on the record.
Arehb, Crim, Pl. 173.