I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|läkyəˌtōrē, -tȯr-, -rē adjective
Etymology: interlocut ion + -ory
1. : consisting of or having the nature of dialogue : conversational
interlocutory observations
2. : of or belonging to an interruptive speech or question : spoken as an interlocution
3.
[Middle English (Scottish dialect), from Medieval Latin interlocutorius, from Late Latin interlocutus (past participle of interloqui to pronounce an interlocutory sentence, from Latin, to speak between) + Latin -orius -ory]
law : not final or definitive : made or done during the progress of an action : intermediate , provisional
interlocutory decree in a divorce suit
interlocutory motion
II. noun
( -es )
obsolete : an interlocutory decree