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intervention vs legal proceeding

legal proceeding vs intervention

intervention and legal proceeding both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
intervention Yes No No No
legal proceeding Yes No No No
As nouns, legal proceeding is a hypernym of intervention; that is, legal proceeding is a word with a broader meaning than intervention:
  • intervention: (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
  • legal proceeding: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Other hypernyms of intervention include proceeding, proceedings.
intervention (noun) legal proceeding (noun)
the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
(law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
Difference between intervention and legal proceeding

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