Interim

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An interim is a period of temporary pause or change in a sequence of events, or a temporary state, and is often applied to transitional political entities.

Interim may also refer to:

Temporary organizational arrangements (general concept)

Provisional government, emergency government during the creation, collapse, or crisis of a state; also called interim government
Caretaker government, temporary rule between governments in a parliamentary democracy; also called interim government
Acting president, interim head of a state
Acting (law), designation of a person temporarily exercising the authority of any position
Interim management, in business
Regent, temporary ruler standing in for monarch currently unable to exercise rule
Locum, a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another

Legal concepts and procedures

Interim order, court order in effect pending outcome of a case
Interim trustee, concept in United States bankruptcy law
Interim appeal, a partial appeal in United States law
Interim interdict in Scots law, a temporary injunction
Judicial interim release, part of Canadian bail law

Temporary peaces

Regensburg Interim, 1542 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany
Augsburg Interim, 1548 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany
Leipzig Interim, another 1548 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany
Interim Peace between Finland and the USSR 1940–1941

Sports

Caretaker manager, temporary manager of a soccer team; also called interim manager
Interim championship, temporary world championship in boxing and other contact sports
IFA Interim Intermediate League, Ireland 2008–2009