Interim

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

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, provisional software release 1992
 * Interim Control Module, NASA machine