interlocutory

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

interlocutory

/ -trɪ; ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtərɪ /

law pronounced during the course of proceedings; provisional
an interlocutory injunction
interposed, as into a conversation, narrative, etc
of, relating to, or characteristic of dialogue

From the Medieval Latin word interlocūtōrius, dating back to 1580–90. See interlocutor, -tory ¹

So there is an interlocutory question, and, as it seems, only experiment can solve it.

An injunction obtained on interlocutory application during the progress of an action is superseded by the trial.

And two or three other interlocutory remarks like that, meaning nothing in particular.

The appeal is both on fact and on law, and applies to interlocutory or preparatory as well as to final judgments.

The quorum for final appeals is three, for interlocutory appeals two judges.

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