interlocutor
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Interlocutor \In`ter*loc"u*tor\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F.
interlocuteur.]
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1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker,
interpreter, or questioner. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
INTERLOCUTORY. This word is applied to signify something which is done
between the commencement and the end of a suit or action which decides some
point or matter, which however is not a final decision of the matter in
issue; as, interlocutory judgments, or decrees or orders. Vide Judgment,
interlocutory.
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