Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

INTERLOCUTORY ORDER

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INTEREST SUIT

were called "interlaqueata" where several were issued against several parties residing in different counties, each party being sum moned by a separate writ to warrant the ten ant, together with the other warrantors. Fleta, lib. 5, c 4, § 2. INTERLINEATION. The act of writ ing between the lines of an instrument; also what is written between lines. INTERLOCUTOR. In Scotch practice. An order or decree of court; an order made in open court. 2 Swint. 362; Arkley, 32. INTERLOCUTOR OF RELEVANCY. In Scotch practice. A decree as to the rele vancy of a libel or indictment in a criminal case. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 373. INTERLOCUTORY. Provisional; tem porary; not final. Something intervening between the commencement and the end of a suit which decides some point or matter, but is not a final decision of the whole contro versy. INTERLOCUTORY COSTS. In prac tice. Costs accruing upon proceedings in the intermediate stages of a cause, as distin guished from final costs; such as the costs of motions. 3 Chit. Gen. Pr. 597. INTERLOCUTORY DECREE. In eq uity practice. A provisional or preliminary decree, which is not final and does not de termine the suit, but directs some further proceedings preparatory to the final decree. A decree pi onounced for the purpose of ascer taining matter of law or fact preparatory to a final decree. 1 Barb. Ch. Pr. 326, 327. INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT. A judgment which is not final is called "inter locutory;" that is, an interlocutory judgment is one which determines some preliminary or subordinate point or plea, or settles some step, question, or default arising in the prog ress of the cause, but does not adjudicate the ultimate rights of the parties, or finally put the case out of court. Thus, a judgment or order passed upon any provisional or ac cessory claim or contention is, in general, merely interlocutory, although it may finally dispose of that particular matter. 1 Black, Judgm. § 21. INTERLOCUTORY ORDER. "An or der which decides not the cause, but only settles some intervening matter relating to it; as when an order is made, on a motion in chancery, for the plaintiff to have an injunc tion to quiet his possession till the hearing of

eral welfare that a period be put to litigation. Broom, Max. 331, 343. INTEREST SUIT- In English law. An action in the probate branch of the high court of justice, in which the question in dispute is as to which party is entitled to a grant of letters of administration of the es tate of a deceased person. Wharton. INTEREST UPON INTEREST. Compound interest, (q. v.) INTERFERENCE. In patent law, this term designates a collision between rights claimed or granted; that is, where a person claims a patent for the whole or any integral part of the ground already covered by an ex isting patent or by a pending application. INTERIM. In the mean time; mean while. An assignee ad interim is one ap pointed between the time of bankruptcy and appointment of the regular assignee. 2 Bell, Comm. 355. INTEBIM COMMITTITUR. Lat. "In the mean time, let him be committed." An order of court (or the docket-entry not ing it) by which a prisoner is committed to prison and directed to be kept there until some further action can be taken, or until the time arrives for the execution of his sen tence. INTERIM CURATOR. A person ap pointed by justices of the peace to take care of the property of a felon convict, until the appointment by the ciown of an administra tor or administrators for the same purpose. Mozley & Whitley. INTERIM FACTOR. In Scotch law. A judicial officer elected or appointed under the bankruptcy law to take charge of and pre serve the estate until a fit peison shall be elected trustee. 2 Bell, Comm. 357. INTERIM OFFICER. One appointed to fill the office during a tempoiary vacancy, or during an interval caused by the absence or incapacity of the regular incumbent. INTERIM ORDER. One made in the mean time, and until something is done. INTERIM RECEIPT. A receipt for money paid by way of premium for a con tract of insurance for which application is made. If the risk is rejected, the money is refunded, less the pro rata premium. INTERLAQUEARE. In old practice. To link together, or interchangeably. Writs

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