interlocutory

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  1. adjective Law Pronounced or decided during the course of an action or suit and merely temporary or provisional in nature: an interlocutory decree.

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  • The ACCC first petitioned the Federal Court with interlocutory orders against Allphones in October of last year, claiming the company had breached the Franchising Code of Conduct. —  ARN News
  • Rule 307 allows appeals of certain interlocutory orders, including those "granting, modifying, refusing, dissolving, or refusing to dissolve or modify an injunction." —  Illinois Appellate Lawyer Blog
  • To have no relationship is not a disgrace; to have wrong relations is, for disgrace means lack of grace, discord, and love is harmony Marcus Aurelius tried the plan of probationary marriages; and to offset this he also introduced the Augustinian plan of probationary divorces--that is, the interlocutory decree. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
  • The amendment will tighten the interlocutory appeals provision. —  Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)
  • At a minimum we get interlocutory review in 11 —  Southern District of Florida Blog
 

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  1. = French interlocutoire = Spanish Portuguese Italian interlocutorio, from Latin as if *interlocutorius, from interloqui, speak between: see interlocutor.
 

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/ɪntərˈlɑkjutəri/
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