Interregnum

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.

II. Interregnum ·noun The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

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interregnum
inter-regnum, i, n., I the time between the death of one king and the election of another , an inte...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
interregnum
inter-rēgnum ī, n an interval between two reigns, interregnum: interregni ineundi ratio: id ab re i...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary