interlocutory

[ in-ter-lok-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈlɒk yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

of the nature of, pertaining to, or occurring in conversation: interlocutory instruction.

interjected into the main course of speech.

Law.

pronounced during the course of an action, as a decision; not finally decisive of a case.
pertaining to an intermediate decision.

Nearby words

interlock, interlocking directorate, interlocking directorates, interlocution, interlocutor, interlocutory, interlope, interloper, interlude, interlunar, interlunation

Origin of interlocutory

From the Medieval Latin word interlocūtōrius, dating back to 1580–90. See interlocutor, -tory¹

Related forms

in·ter·loc·u·to·ri·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for interlocutory

Interlocutory conference keepeth your auditors attentive, and carrieth them on along with you as you go.
A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4)|Richard Baxter
That must be pendente lite, an interlocutory proceeding, in the action.
The Ivory Gate, a new edition|Walter Besant
Affidavits on interlocutory proceedings could only be made upon oath.
Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume I (of 2)|Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
Moreover he had theoretically a right to appeal to the inquisitor-general from this, as from all other interlocutory sentences.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3|Henry Charles Lea

Appeals to Rome lay from interlocutory as well as final judgments.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9|Various

British Dictionary definitions for interlocutory

interlocutory

/ (ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

law pronounced during the course of proceedings; provisionalan interlocutory injunction

interposed, as into a conversation, narrative, etc

of, relating to, or characteristic of dialogue

Derived Forms

interlocutorily, adverb

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