intervenor A third party seeking to join in an action, either with the plaintiff or defendant, or being adverse to both; the procedure is called intervention.
An intervenor must make the request to intervene in a motion to the court. Timing is important.
the procedure under which a third party may join an on-going lawsuit, providing the facts and the law issues apply to the intervenor as much as to one of the existing contestants.
"The term amicus curiae can be distinguished from an intervenor, the latter having an interest in the proceedings (an advocate), the former being disinterested; merely a friend of the Court.
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