Interregnum

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INTERREG'NUM, n. [L. inter and regnum, rule or reign.] The time in which a throne is vacant, between the death or abdication of a king and the accession of his successor. An interregnum, in strictness, can happen only in governments where the king is elective; for in hereditary kingdoms, the reign of the successor commences at the moment of his predecessor;s death or demise. The word however is used with more latitude.

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Interregnum Interreign Interrex

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