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▪ I. intervener1|ɪntəˈviːnə(r)| Rarely -or. [f. prec. vb. + -er1.] One who intervenes or exercises intervention; spec. in Law, one who intervenes in a suit to which he was not originally a party.
1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ i. 200 Christ was hee..the Interuener betweene the Lawe and Grace. 1854Phillimore Internat. Law I. 434 Where the interest of the intervener is not immediately..affected. 1870Daily News 18 Oct., The intervener thinks one belligerent a brute and the other a coward, or incapable of taking care of himself. 1883Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 7) 429/1 An intervener must take the cause as he finds it at the time of his intervention. 1890Law Times LXXXIX. 164/1 An appeal by certain intervenors in a damage action from a decree of Judge Benedict. ▪ II. interˈvener2 Law. [f. intervene v., after interpleader, determiner, etc.] (See quot. 1847.)
1847Craig, Intervener, In Law, the interposition or interference of a person in a suit in the ecclesiastical court in defence of his own interest is so termed, and a person is at liberty to do this in every case in which his interest is affected either in regard of his property or his person. 1870Daily News 1 June, Before the decree was made absolute, Colonel L. ―, a relation of the latter [the co-respondent], appeared and entered an intervener. |