Chapter — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Chapter II: Of the Intervention of a Third Party in the Cause
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
§ 1. One whose interest it is can be admitted to intervene in the cause in any instance of the lawsuit.
§ 2. But in order to be admitted, before conclusion in the cause he must exhibit to the judge a libellus in which he briefly teaches the judge concerning the right of intervening.
§ 3. One who intervenes in a cause is to be admitted in that state in which the cause is found, with a brief and peremptory term assigned to him for exhibiting his proofs, if the cause has arrived at the probatory period.
§ 1. Is cuius interest, admitti potest ad interveniendum in causa in qualibet litis instantia.
§ 2. Sed ut admittatur, debet ante conclusionem in causa libellum iudici exhibere, in quo breviter de iure interveniendi ipsum edoceat.
§ 3. Qui intervenit in causa, admittendus est in eo statu in quo causa reperitur, assignato eidem brevi ac peremptorio termino ad probationes suas exhibendas, si causa ad periodum probatoriam pervenerit.
1983 Code correlation: can. 1596
If the intervention of a third party appears necessary, the judge, at the instance of a party or even from office, must order the intervention in the cause.
Si tertii interventus appareat necessarius, iudex ad instantiam partis vel etiam ex officio debet interventum in causa iubere.
1983 Code correlation: can. 1597