interlocutory

adjective in·ter·loc·u·to·ry \-kyə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of INTERLOCUTORY

: made during the progress of a legal action and not final or definitive <an interlocutory appeal> <an interlocutory decree>

15th century

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