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.