Interlocutory

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interlocutory \In`ter*loc"u*to*ry\, n. [Cf. F. interlocutoire.]
     Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Interlocutory \In`ter*loc"u*to*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. interlocutorius,
     F. interlocutoire.]
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     1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue;
        conversational.
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              Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures.
                                                    --Fiddes.
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     2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done
        during the progress of an action; as, an interlocutory
        judgement.
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     Note: An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an
           intermediate stage between the commencement and
           termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interlocutory
       adj : consisting of dialogue

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "interlocutory":
     arbitrational, arbitrative, chatty, chitchatty, colloquial,
     coming between, communicative, confabulatory, conversational, cozy,
     going between, intercessional, intercessory, intermedial,
     intermediary, intermediate, intermediatory, intervening,
     interventional, mediating, mediative, mediatorial, mediatory,
     mesne, middle, pacificatory