Definition of Interlocutory

1. Adjective. Consisting of dialogue.

Partainyms: Dialogue

Definition of Interlocutory

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

2. n. Interpolated discussion or dialogue.

Definition of Interlocutory

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to dialogue or conversation. ¹

2. Adjective. Interjected into something spoken. ¹

3. Adjective. (legal) Expressed during a legal action that awaits final decision. ¹

4. Adjective. (legal) Of or pertaining to legal action that is temporary or provisional. ¹

5. Noun. (rare) A person engaged in a conversation, an interlocutor. ¹

6. Noun. Interpolated discussion or dialogue. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interlocutory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interlocutory

interlocal additivity
interlocation
interlock
interlocked
interlocking
interlocking gyri
interlocking tower
interlocking towers
interlocks
interlocution
interlocutional
interlocutions
interlocutor
interlocutories
interlocutors
interlocutory (current term)
interlocutory injunction
interlocutour
interlocutress
interlocutresses
interlocutrice
interlocutrices
interlocutrix
interloop
interlooped
interlooping
interloops
interlope
interloped
interloper

Literary usage of Interlocutory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"An interlocutory Injunction was refused, and plaintiffs bring error. Affirmed. ... The exception Is to the refusal of an interlocutory Injunction. ..."

2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"A decree sustaining demurrers to a crossbill and dismissing the same Is not appealable as an "interlocutory decree," under Code 1907, § 2838, ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"622,) it is said that "a decree is either final or interlocutory. ... An interlocutory decree is properly a decree pronounced for the purpose of ..."

4. A Complete Practice of the County Courts: Including that in Admiralty and by George Pitt-Lewis, Henry Anselm De Colyar (1880)
"interlocutory PROCEEDINGS. Speaking generally, as regards the tribunal by which interlocutory applications may be disposed of, it will be seen that powers ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"726, is very like the present case, though less objectionable, where the Chancellor set aside an interlocutory decree (but did 84*] not dismiss *t! ..."

6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"interlocutory and Final Distinguished. —These words have received frequent construction, ... 'A decree is interlocutory when it happens that some material ..."

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