Interlocutory Decree
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In equily practice. A provisional or preliminary decree, which is not final and does not determine the suit, but directs some further proceedings preparatory to the final decree, A decree pronounced for the purpose of ascertaining matter of law or fact preparatory to a final decree.
1 Barb. Ch. Pr. 326, 327.