Intervention; lnterposi-tlon; the act of a third person who inter-feres between two contending parties with a view to reconcile them or persuade them to adjust or settle their dispute. In inter-national law and diplomacy, the word de-notes the friendly interference of a state in the controversies of others, for the purpose, by its influence and by adjusting their diffi-cultles, of keeping the peace in the family of nations
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
