interpellātĭo, ōnis, f. [interpello], a speaking between, an interruption in speaking; an interruption, hinderance.
I In gen.: quid tibi interpellatio aut in consilium huc accessiost? What business have you to interrupt? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 83: cursum orationis interpellatione impedire, Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39; id. Part. Or. 8: sine ulla interpellatione, id. Fam. 6, 18 fin. ; Suet. Aug. 72: si quid nobis agentibus novi accidit, interpellatio, interventio alicujus, etc., Quint. 4, 3, 16; 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2. —
II In law, a suit , appeal to the court , Dig. 5, 1, 23; 50, 16, 188.