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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1493-1522, 1622-1626
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Interlocutory, -our(e, -loquutoure, adj. [med. L. interlocutorius. e.m.E. -ory (1592); the shorter form is recorded only in Sc.] Provisional; not finally decisive. —(1) 1494 Acts Lords Auditors 200/1.
The lordis … deliuerit be ther sentence interlocutory that the said excepcioune wes of avale and deferrit to the sammyn(2) 1493 Ib. 173/I.
The saidis lordis … declaris bethar sentence interlocutoure that the said partiis aucht to ansuere to the said summondis 1522 Acts Lords of Council MS. XXXIII. 13 b.
The lordis be sentence interlocutour decretit that thai suld baith haue proces togiddir 1622-6 Bisset I. 219/25.
Sentence interloquutoure is quhilk the judge pronunces … induring the tyme of the dependence of the pley and principall cause 1622-6 Ib. 221/30.
Quhow sone that ane sentence interloquutoure is argoned, advised and voitted
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