- calling upon a prisoner
- When a prisoner has been found guilty on an indictment, the clerk of the court addresses him and calls upon him to say why judgment should not be passed upon him
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
calling upon a prisoner
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