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 A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, or a transitional government, is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition generally in the cases of a newly formed state or f ...

, emergency government during the creation, collapse, or crisis of a state; also called interim government *

Caretaker government A caretaker government is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. Depending on specific practice, it usually consists of either randomly se ...

, temporary rule between governments in a parliamentary democracy; also called interim government *

Acting president An acting president is a person who temporarily fills the role of a country's president when the incumbent president is unavailable (such as by illness or a vacation) or when the post is vacant (such as for death, injury, resignation, dismissal ...

, interim head of a state *

Acting (law) In law, a person is acting in a position if they are not serving in the position on a permanent basis. This may be the case if the position has not yet been formally created, the person is only occupying the position on an interim basis, the perso ...

, designation of a person temporarily exercising the authority of any position *

Interim management Interim management is the temporary provision of management resources and skills. Interim management can be seen as the short-term assignment of a proven heavyweight interim executive manager to manage a period of transition, crisis or change with ...

, in business *

Regent A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

, temporary ruler standing in for monarch currently unable to exercise rule *

Locum A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a ''locum tenens physician'' is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. ...

, a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another

Legal concepts and procedures

Interim order The term interim order refers to an order issued by a court during the pendency of the litigation. It is generally issued by the Court to ensure Status quo. The rationale for such orders to be issued by the Courts is best explained by the Latin leg ...

, court order in effect pending outcome of a case *

Interim trustee Interim trustee is a term of art in section 701 of the Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of the United States Code. When a case under Chapter 7 of the Code is commenced, the United States Trustee The United States Trustee Program is a component of the ...

, concept in United States bankruptcy law * Interim appeal, a partial appeal in United States law *

Interim interdict In Scots law, an interdict is a court order to stop someone from breaching someone else's rights. They can be issued by the Court of Session or a Sheriff court, Sheriff Court. The equivalent term in England is an Injunctions in English law, injunc ...

in Scots law, a temporary injunction * Judicial interim release, part of Canadian bail law

Temporary peaces

Regensburg Interim The Regensburg Interim, traditionally called in English the Interim of Ratisbon, was a temporary settlement in matters of religion, entered into by Emperor Charles V with the Protestants in 1541. It was published at the conclusion on 29 July 1541 ...

, 1542 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany *

Augsburg Interim The Augsburg Interim (full formal title: ''Declaration of His Roman Imperial Majesty on the Observance of Religion Within the Holy Empire Until the Decision of the General Council'') was an imperial decree ordered on 15 May 1548 at the 1548 Diet ...

, 1548 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany *

Leipzig Interim The Leipzig Interim was one of several temporary settlements between the Emperor Charles V and German Lutherans following the Schmalkaldic War. It was presented to an assembly of Saxon political estates in December 1548. Though not adopted by the a ...

, another 1548 decree relating to religious disputes in Germany *

Interim Peace The Interim Peace ( fi, Välirauha, sv, Mellanfreden) was a short period in the history of Finland during the Second World War. The term is used for the time between the Winter War and the Continuation War, lasting a little over 15 months, from 1 ...

between Finland and the USSR 1940–1941

Sports

Caretaker manager In association footballing terms, a caretaker manager or interim manager is somebody who takes temporary charge of the management of a football team, usually when the regular Manager (association football), manager is dismissed or leaves for a ...

, temporary manager of a soccer team; also called interim manager *

Interim championship An interim championship is an alternate title that is awarded by the sanctioning bodies of professional boxing, and in other combat sports such as kickboxing, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts. Occasionally, the champion of a particul ...

, temporary world championship in boxing and other contact sports *

IFA Interim Intermediate League The IFA Interim Intermediate League was a temporary league in Northern Ireland for one season only (2008–09), consisting of the former members of the IFA Intermediate League (dissolved in 2008) who did not meet the criteria for the new IFA Cham ...

, Ireland 2008–2009

Arts

* ''Interim'' (film), 1953 short film by Stan Brakhage * ''Interim'' (album), 2004 album by British rock band The Fall * INTERIM-Theater in Munich

Other

MCC Interim Linux MCC Interim Linux was a Linux distribution first released in February 1992 by Owen Le Blanc of the Manchester Computing Centre (MCC), part of the University of Manchester. It was the first Linux distribution created for computer users who were no ...

, provisional software release 1992 *

Interim Control Module The Interim Control Module (ICM) is a NASA-constructed module designed to serve as a temporary "tug" for the International Space Station in case the Zvezda service module was destroyed or not launched for an extended period of time. It was deri ...