(A) A third party, neutral facilitator who assists adverse parties in conducting effective communication and negotiation in order to find an appropriate resolution to resolve the dispute and result in a settlement. (B) The act of some mutual friend of two contending parties, who brings them to agree, compromise or settle their disputes. (C) Intervention; interposition ; the act of a third person who interferes between two contending parties with a view to reconcile them or persuade them to adjust or settle their dispute. In international law and diplomacy, the word denotes the friendly interference of a state in the controversies of others, for the purpose, by its influence and by adjusting their difficulties, of keeping the peace in the family of nations.