Allocutus
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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 sgy as to why the court should not proceed to judgment against him; this demand Is called the "allocutus," or "allocution," and ls entered on the record. Archb. Crim. PI.
173; State v. Ball, 27 Mo. 324.