In criminal procedure, when a prisoner is convicted on a trial for treason or felony, the court is bound to de-mand of him what he has to say as to why the court should not proceed to judgment against him; this demand is called the "allocutus," or “allocution,” nnd is entered on the record. Archb. Crim. PL 173; State v
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
