interlocutory
adjective
in·ter·loc·u·to·ry
ˌin-tər-ˈlä-kyə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: made during the progress of a legal action and not final or definitive
an interlocutory appeal
an interlocutory decree
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That is why the Supreme Court rarely considers these types of interlocutory appeals.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court does not typically take on random interlocutory appeals, even by a president-elect.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
But, in the 1975 Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn case, the Court recognized four categories of state-court judgments that permit interlocutory review.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Trump could try to appeal in state court before sentencing, but judges rejected Trump’s previous interlocutory appeals aimed at delaying his trial.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court does not typically take on random interlocutory appeals, even by a president-elect.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
But, in the 1975 Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn case, the Court recognized four categories of state-court judgments that permit interlocutory review.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Trump could try to appeal in state court before sentencing, but judges rejected Trump’s previous interlocutory appeals aimed at delaying his trial.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Interlocutory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interlocutory. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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interlocutory
adjective
in·ter·loc·u·to·ry
ˌin-tər-ˈlä-kyə-ˌtōr-ē
: not final or definitive
an interlocutory order
broadly
: made or done during the progress of an action especially when delay would cause irreversible injury
an interlocutory appeal
Etymology
Medieval Latin interlocutorius, from Late Latin interloqui to pronounce an interlocutory sentence, from Latin, to speak between
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