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INTERVENTIONS
Noun
interventions
plural of intervention
Source: Wiktionary
INTERVENTION
In`ter*ven"tion, n. Etym: [L. interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
1. The act of intervening; interposition. Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane. Holder.
2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation. Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. Sir W. Temple.
3. (Civil Law)
Definition: The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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