3. (Civil Law)

Defn: The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.

INTERVENTOR
In`ter*ven"tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. interventeur.]

Defn: One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers. Coleman.

INTERVENTRICULAR
In`ter*ven*tric"u*lar, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.

INTERVENUE
In`ter*ven"ue, n. Etym: [See Intervene, Avenue.]

Defn: Interposition. [Obs.] Sir H. Blount.

INTERVERT In`ter*vert", v. t. Etym: [L. intervertere; inter between + vertere to turn.]

Defn: To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.