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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