Intervention

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intervention \In`ter*ven"tion\, n. [L. interventio an
     interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
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     1. The act of intervening; interposition.
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              Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax
              membrane.                             --Holder.
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     2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others;
        especially, of one or more states with the affairs of
        another; -- the intervention of one state in the affairs
        of another is typically unwelcome by the state being
        intervened in, but some cases of mediation between states
        may be called intervention. Opposed to {nonintervention}.
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              Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the
              intervention, of any foreign power.   --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect
        his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit
        pending between other parties.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intervention
       n 1: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute) [syn: {intercession}]
       2: a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
          [syn: {interference}] [ant: {nonintervention}, {nonintervention}]
       3: (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a
          lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an
          original party to the suit so that person can protect some
          right or interest that is allegedly affected by the
          proceedings; "the purpose of intervention is to prevent
          unnecessary duplication of lawsuits"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "intervention":
     encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, impingement, imposition,
     incursion, infiltration, influx, infringement, injection, inroad,
     insinuation, interagency, intercession, intercurrence,
     interference, interjacence, interjection, interlocation,
     interloping, intermediacy, intermediation, interposition,
     interposure, interruption, intervenience, intrusion, invasion,
     involvement, irruption, mediation, obtrusion, sandwiching,
     stepping in, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INTERVENTION, civil law. The act by which a third party becomes a party in a 
  suit pending between other persons. 
       2. The intervention is made either to be joined to the plaintiff, and 
  to claim the same thing he does, or some other thing connected with it or, 
  to join the defendant, and with him to oppose the claim of the plaintiff, 
  which it is his interest to defeat. Poth. Proced. Civ. lere part. ch. 2, s. 
  6, Sec. 3. In the English ecclesiastical courts, the same term is used in 
  the same sense. 
       3. When a third person, not originally a party to the suit or 
  proceeding, but claiming an interest in the subject-matter in dispute, may, 
  in order the better to protect such interest, interpose his claim, which 
  proceeding is termed intervention. 2 Chit. Pr. 492; 3 Chit. Com. Law, 633; 2 
  Hagg. Cons. R. 137; 3 Phillim. R. 586; 1 Addams, R. 5; Ought. tit. 14; 4 
  Hagg. Eccl. R. 67 Dual. Ad. Pr. 74. The intervener may come in at any stage 
  of the cause, and even after judgment, if an appeal can be allowed on such 
  judgment. 2 Hagg. Cons. R. 137: 1 Eng. feel. R. 480; 2 E.g. Eccl. R. 13.