• 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
    lexical concept
  • the purpose of intervention is to prevent unnecessary duplication of lawsuits

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:intervention
wn:interlingual indexili:i40764

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelintervention