interlocutory
interlocutory (in-t[schwa]r-lok-y[schwa]-tor-ee), adj. (Of an order, judgment, appeal, etc.) interim or temporary, not constituting a final resolution of the whole controversy. — Also termed medial. [Cases: Appeal and Error 66–84; Federal Courts 572–583. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 81–89, 94–98, 100–101, 104–117, 119, 121–131, 133–134, 136, 138–142, 144, 150–152; Justices of the Peace § 234(3).]