interlocution noun. [ɪntǝlǝ'kju:ʃ(ǝ)n] M16.
[Latin interlocutio(n-), from interlocut- pa. ppl stem of interloqui, formed as INTER- + loqui speak: see -ION.]
1. The action of persons speaking and replying; dialogue, discourse, conversation. M16.
b. Alternate reading or speaking, as in making responses or reading alternate verses. L16-M17.

2. The action of replying; a reply, a response. L16-L18.

3. The action of interrupting (one's own or another's) speech; an interruption, an interpolation. L16-L17.

4. Law. A judgement deciding a point within a case, but not the whole case. Cf. INTERLOCUTOR noun² Only in E18.

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