INTERREG'NUM, noun [Latin 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.