intervenor
One who intercedes
An intervenor is a party who enters a legal proceeding to protect their own interests, even though they weren't originally part of the case.
Courts allow intervention when someone has a stake in the outcome that existing parties won't adequately represent: The environmental group sought status as an intervenor in the pipeline dispute.
Also spelled intervener.
One who resolves disputes
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- conciliatorOne who restores harmony
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
- peacemakerConflict resolution agent
facilitator · go-between · intermediary · neutral · broker · liaison · reconciler · adjudicator
Party in lawsuit
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- appellantOne who appeals
- respondentOne who gives answers
standing · joinder · third-party · petitioner · claimant · cross-claimant · permissive · procedural
Public cause supporter
- supporterOne who backs another
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- allySupportive partner
- backerFinancial supporter
sponsor · patron · benefactor · helper · facilitator · endorser · representative · lobbyist
Something that obstructs
- hindererOne who obstructs
- obstructorOne who blocks progress
- meddlerOne who interferes uninvited
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
impediment · interference · disruption · barrier · obstacle · stumbling block · roadblock · bottleneck
arbitrator
One who resolves disputes
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- conciliatorOne who restores harmony
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
peacemaker · facilitator · go-between · intermediary · neutral · broker · liaison · reconciler · adjudicator · resolver
litigant
Party in lawsuit
respondent · standing · joinder · third-party · petitioner · claimant · cross-claimant · permissive · procedural · hearing
advocate
Public cause supporter
backer · sponsor · patron · benefactor · helper · facilitator · endorser · representative · lobbyist · activist
blocker
Something that obstructs
- hindererOne who obstructs
- obstructorOne who blocks progress
- meddlerOne who interferes uninvited
interloper · impediment · interference · disruption · barrier · obstacle · stumbling block · roadblock · bottleneck · encumbrance
- court rolesjudge, juror, plaintiff, defendant, prosecutor
- claimantsclaimant, plaintiff, petitioner, complainant, appellant
- class actionsclass action, class member, class members, class period, class representative
- court partiesplaintiff, defendant, claimant, respondent, appellant
- deafblindhand-over-hand, hand over hand, Helen Keller, braille display, braille displays
- lawsuit partiesplaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, claimant
intervenorplaintiff
Civil case initiator
defendant · petitioner · respondent · appellant · complainant
- divine interventionGodly action in affairs
- family interventionGroup effort to help someone
- diplomatic interventionFormal governmental conflict resolution
- military interventionUse of troops abroad
- medical interventionClinical action treating illness
- foreign interventionExternal power's domestic involvement
intervene, intervention, intervenes, interventionist, nonintervention, interventionists, interventionism, interventional, intervener