INTERLOC'UTORY, adjective 1. Consisting of dialogue. There are several interlocutory discourses in the holy Scriptures. 2. In law, intermediate; not final or definitive. An order, sentence, decree or judgment, given in an intermediate stage of a cause, or on some intermediate question before the final decision, is called interlocutory; as a decree in chancery referring a question of fact to a court of law, or a judgment on default in a court of law.
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