Interlocutory decree
Definition
A historical and archaic term, borrowed from Romance languages, designating an intermediary judicial decision, an ordinance, or a provision by which a court fixed deadlines, established procedural rules, or granted sums of money as a pension or provisional salary; in old colloquial language, it could also indicate a scheduled meeting or a formal agreement.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Interlocutory decree
- Appointment variant
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter regular noun, standard plural ending in '-e', maintaining historical root formatting. |
| Formation | Early Romance loanword adapted morphologically into modern Romanian legal and administrative syntax. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.pun.ta.ˈment] |
| Source | Historical Glossary of Romanian Jurisprudence and Etymological Derivatives |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Judecătorul de ocol a emis un apuntament prin care obliga părțile să aducă noi dovezi la termenul următor.
EN: The local judge issued an intermediary decree by which he obliged the parties to bring new evidence to the next hearing.
RO: În scrisoarea sa, boierul menționa un apuntament secret stabilit cu negustorii brașoveni la hanul de la margine.
EN: In his letter, the boyar mentioned a secret appointment settled with the Brașov merchants at the edge inn.
RO: Arhivele păstrează un apuntament domnesc referitor la sumele alocate pentru hrana soldaților din garnizoană.
EN: The archives preserve a princely provision regarding the sums allocated for the food of the garrison soldiers.
Idioms & Phrases
Apuntament juridic / Interlocutory order
RO: Dispoziție dată de un magistrat în timpul unui proces, fără a soluționa fondul cauzei, ci doar mersul procedurii.
EN: A directive issued by a magistrate during a trial, without solving the merits of the case, but only the procedural path.
A da apuntament / To schedule a meeting
RO: Expresie arhaică folosită în înalta societate din secolul al XIX-lea pentru a fixa o zi și un ceas de întâlnire.
EN: An archaic expression used in 19th-century high society to fix a day and an hour for a meeting.
Apuntament de plată / Salary allocation decree
RO: Act oficial prin care se stabileau simbriile provizorii sau pensiile funcționarilor de la curtea domnească.
EN: An official act by which the provisional wages or pensions of the officials at the princely court were established.
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