Regency

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Regency may have several meanings:

• A regency may be a period of time when a regent reigns, and in a non-ceremonial monarchy holds power, in the name of the current monarch, or in the name of the Crown itself, if the throne is vacant. Specific political eras derived from this usage (and artistic style periods named after these) include:
  • The English Regency in the United Kingdom, from 1811 to 1820
  • In French history, the Régence is the period from 1715 to 1723.
• The term, or its equivalent in another language, is also be used for certain specific political regimes and institutions:
  • Regentschap (in Dutch) for a colonial autochthonous (usually Malay, often Islamic) polity (e.g. sultanate) involved in indirect rule in the (Dutch) East Indies
  • Régence (in French) is applied to the de facto independent Barbary coast regime (nominally in the Ottoman empire) and subsequent French protectorate over Tunisia
  • Albany Regency refers to the dominant political faction in New York state, U.S., c.1820-1850
• A regency may also be a geographical area, usually a small city or a subdistrict of a province, that is or has been governed by a regent.
  • For example, the Indonesian term kabupaten, for a sub-provincial political district, is usually translated into English as "regency" (compare above for the colonial era).
• Regency architecture refers to the architectural style of the English Regency.
• Regency, South Africa is a suburb of Johannesburg.
• Regency can be used as shorthand for New Regency Productions, the production company behind films such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• The Regency division of the now defunct Industrial Development Engineering Associates (I.D.E.A.), which produced the first commercial transistor radio (the TR-1) and ultimately became the present-day company called RELM, which produces 2-way radio equipment.