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

Origin of interlocutory

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

Related formsin·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 Formsinterlocutorily, adverb

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