Interlocutory \In`ter*loc"u*to*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. interlocutorius,
F. interlocutoire.]
1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue;
conversational.
Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures.
--Fiddes.
2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done
during the progress of an action.
Note: An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an
intermediate stage between the commencement and
termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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