Dictionary entry

Interlocutory

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In′ter‐loc″u‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. LL. interlocutorius, F. interlocutoire.]

1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational.

Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures. Fiddes.

2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.

☞ An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.