Definition for

intervention

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noun – The act or state of intervening; a coming between; interposition; mediatorial interference: as, light is interrupted by the intervention of an opaque body; the intervention of one state in the affairs of another.

noun – In law, the act by which a third person interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.

noun – The act of intervening; interposition.

noun – 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.

noun – The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.

noun – The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.

noun – A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.

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