interlocutory
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Interlocutory \In`ter*loc"u*to*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. interlocutorius,
F. interlocutoire.]
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1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue;
conversational.
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Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures.
--Fiddes.
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2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done
during the progress of an action; as, an interlocutory
judgement.
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Note: An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an
intermediate stage between the commencement and
termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "interlocutory":
arbitrational, arbitrative, chatty, chitchatty, colloquial,
coming between, communicative, confabulatory, conversational, cozy,
going between, intercessional, intercessory, intermedial,
intermediary, intermediate, intermediatory, intervening,
interventional, mediating, mediative, mediatorial, mediatory,
mesne, middle, pacificatory
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