Interpellation

In`ter`pel`la´tion

n.	1.
	1.	The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption.
	2.	The act of interposing or interceding; intercession. Accepted by his interpellation and intercession. - Jer. Taylor.
	3.	An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate.
	4.	A official summons or citation.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	interpellation - (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order - a body of rules followed by an assembly parliament - a legislative assembly in certain countries
	2.	interpellation - the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts interposition, interjection, interpolation disruption, interruption, gap, break - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"