Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Interlocutory

Interlocutory , adjective

[Compare Late Latin interlocutorius, French 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; as, an interlocutory judgement.

An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.

Interlocutory , noun

[Compare French interlocutoire.]

Interpolated discussion or dialogue.