Interlcocutgcery Judgment

A judgment which is not final is called “interlocutory;” that is, an iuterlocutory judgment is one which determines some preliminary or subordinate point or plea, or settles some step, question, or default arising in the progress of the cause, but does not adjudicate the ultimate rights of the parties, or finaily put the caseoutofecourt. Thus, a judgment or order passed upon any provisicual er accessory cliuim or contention is, in general, merely interlocutory, although it may finally dispose of that particular matter.

1 Black, Judgm. § 21.