interlocutory
Not final judgment
Interlocutory describes something occurring during the course of legal proceedings rather than as a final resolution.
An interlocutory order or injunction is a temporary ruling issued while a case is still pending: The judge granted an interlocutory injunction to halt construction until the lawsuit is decided.
The term is almost exclusively legal.
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- appealFormal review request
- motionChange in position
hearing · ruling · judgment · adjudication · discovery · deposition · pleadings · litigation
Provisional in-between phase
- temporaryLimited in duration
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
tentative · stopgap · conditional · pro tem · appealable · reviewable · partial · incidental
Relating to informal dialogue
- discursiveTending to wander topically
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
discussion · colloquy · interpersonal · responsive · interactive
injunction
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
motion · hearing · ruling · judgment · adjudication · discovery · deposition · pleadings · litigation · certiorari
interim
Provisional in-between phase
- temporaryLimited in duration
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
pending · tentative · stopgap · conditional · pro tem · appealable · reviewable · partial · incidental
conversational
Relating to informal dialogue
- discursiveTending to wander topically
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
discourse · discussion · colloquy · interpersonal · responsive · interactive
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- appealsappeal, appellate court, court rulings, case law, legal precedents
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- injunctionstemporary injunction, temporary restraining order, enjoin
interlocutoryfinal
Last and decisive
final judgment · final order · definitive · conclusive · final decree
interlocutorysubstantive
Having real significance
dispositive · determinative · complete · exhaustive · plenary