Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interregnum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interregnum \In`ter*reg"num\, n.; pl. {Interregnums}. [L., fr.
inter between + regnum dominion, reign. See {Reign}, and cf.
{Interreign}.]
1. The time during which a throne is vacant between the death
or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his
successor.
2. Any period during which, for any cause, the executive
branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interregnum
n : the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
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