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Webster 1913 Edition
Intervention
Inˊter-ven′tion
,Noun.
[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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intervention
INTERVEN'TION
,Noun.
1.
A state of coming or being between; interposition. Light is not interrupted by the intervention of a transparent body.2.
Agency of persons between persons; interposition; mediation; any interference that may affect the interests of others. Let us decide our quarrels at home without the intervention of a foreign power.
3.
Agency of means or instruments; as, effects are produced by the intervention of natural causes.4.
Interposition in favor of another; a voluntary undertaking of one party for another. A bill of exchange may be accepted by the intervention of a third person in behalf of the drawer or of one of the indorsers.