INTERVENOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("intervenor" is a kind of...):

party (a person involved in legal proceedings)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

intervene (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force)