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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who intervenes; specifically, in law, a third person who intervenes in a suit to which he was not originally a party.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who intervenes.

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intervene +‎ -er

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