interlocutory

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

adjective

of the nature of, pertaining to, or occurring in conversation: interlocutory instruction.
interjected into the main course of speech.
Law.
1. pronounced during the course of an action, as a decision; not finally decisive of a case.
2. pertaining to an intermediate decision.

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

Historical Examples of interlocutory

Let the manner of your teaching them be very often interlocutory, or by way of questions.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)
Richard Baxter
That must be pendente lite, an interlocutory proceeding, in the action.
The Ivory Gate, a new edition
Walter Besant
Appeals to Rome lay from interlocutory as well as final judgments.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9
Various
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

British Dictionary definitions for interlocutory

interlocutory

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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