Allocution

On April 29, without previous consultation with his new Ministry, the Pope issued the famous "Allocution," in which he declared that he had despatched his troops northward only for the defence of the Papal dominions, and that it was far from his intentions to join with the other Italian princes and peoples in the war against Austria.

A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914

Imagine that when I stand before the Court to express my guilt (we lawyers call that an Allocution), that I say that I acknowledge that allowing the bullet to project from the gun in my hand into the deceased's body was a mistake and that I regret that the victim died of lead poisoning from the projectile.

Bill Singer: Daniel Dravot, Goldman Sachs, and the SEC 2010

Imagine that when I stand before the Court to express my guilt (we lawyers call that an Allocution), that I say that I acknowledge that allowing the bullet to project from the gun in my hand into the deceased's body was a mistake and that I regret that the victim died of lead poisoning from the projectile.

Bill Singer: Daniel Dravot, Goldman Sachs, and the SEC 2010

The Right of Allocution allows a defendant to make a statement to the Court without being put underoath.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and the Sixth Amendment Right “to have the Assistance of Counsel” 2009

[6] Pedro Arrupe, "On the Allocution of His Holiness, John Paul II, and the annual letters of January 1980," Jesuit Curia Generalis, 79/14, October 19, 1979, pages 3 and 4.

Quo Vadis, Wojtyla? Sheehan, Thomas 1980

Allocution of the Archbishop of Madrid to the Spanish army.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

This Allocution calls to mind Spain's last struggle with Mexico.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

On the other side, far richer in poetic imagination and religious fervour, is the Allocution of the Archbishop of Madrid-Alcalá published in Madrid on the day hostilities commenced.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

Allocution is a solemn form of address or speech from the throne employed by the Pope on certain occasions.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Allocution to the Consistory, and on 22 April, 1863, in a letter to the tsar, Pius IX demanded that justice and equity be no longer violated.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913