Meaning of INTERVENTION
| Pronunciation: | | `intur'venshun
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- [n] (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"
- [n] the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute)
- [n] a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
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| | Synonyms: | | intercession, interference |
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| | Antonyms: | | noninterference, nonintervention | | |
| | See Also: | | engagement, foreign policy, intermediation, involvement, legal proceeding, mediation, participation, proceeding, proceedings | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ter*ven"tion\, n. [L. interventio an
interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
1. The act of intervening; interposition.
Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax
membrane. --Holder.
2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others;
especially, of one or more states with the affairs of
another; mediation.
Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the
intervention, of any foreign power. --Sir W.
Temple.
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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| | Definition: | | An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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