Regent
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A person appointed to conduct the affairs of state in a monarchy, in lieu of the reigning sovereign, during the absenqe, disability, or minority of the latter. Regency: the condition of government under a regent; the authority and rule of a regent.