interlocutory
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərləˈkjuːtəri/
- Formal
- The court certified its order for interlocutory appeal, and the Fifth Circuit reversed, finding RFRA to be constitutional. 73 F.3d 1352 (1996).
- interlocutory appeal
Examples
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In Southam alone, there were a total of ten decisions on interlocutory matters.
Academic text (1993) -
In 2014, interlocutory judgment was entered against the respondents, with damages to be assessed.
Academic text (2018) -
The two filed an interlocutory appeal, figuring they could hold the materials until the issue was decided.
Academic text (2004) -
This decree is interlocutory and becomes final in three months.
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15. The defendants then filed an interlocutory appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Academic text (1997) -
The BAP dismissed her appeal as being interlocutory.
Blog text (19) -
The Court of Appeals released two opinions today that shed light on this tricky path to achieving interlocutory review.
Blog text (25) -
Class-action certification is subject to interlocutory appeal, and cases can be moved to administrative remedy with state agencies when applicable.
Academic text (2006) -
In the case of Warriner v. Warriner, the court grants an interlocutory decree of divorce in favor of the plaintiff, Lucy Warriner.
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The judge issued an interlocutory order allowing the defendant to remain free while the case was still under review.
Antonyms
Compounds
A court order made during a trial to keep things the same until the court makes a final decision
How Temporary
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
interlocutory = interlocutor (opaque) = inter + locut + ory
Although formed from 'interlocutor' + '-ory', the legal sense 'provisional/temporary' is not predictable from 'interlocutor' (a conversational participant).
Etymology
The word interlocutory comes from Latin parts inter- 'between' and loqui 'to speak'. So it originally meant something 'said between' people, and in law an interlocutory decision is a temporary 'between' ruling, not the final judgment.