noun
- a person or party who intervenes in a legal proceeding to which they were not originally a party
- a person who intervenes in a situation or dispute
Usage: legal
Examples
- The environmental group filed a motion to become an intervenor in the pipeline lawsuit.
- The court allowed the union to join as an intervenor in the contract dispute.
- Several intervenors presented arguments during the regulatory hearing.
- The insurance company sought intervenor status in the personal injury case.
- As an intervenor, she helped resolve the neighborhood conflict.
- The federal agency acted as an intervenor in the state’s water rights case.