| It instead operates under a different set of laws sede vacante. |
| After the death of a Pope, the destruction of his signet ring is a prescribed act clearing the way for the sede vacante and subsequent election of a new Pope. |
| The sede is blak and groweth about the stalk, certayn places goyng betwene, as we se in horehound. |
| The long sede vacante between the death of Pope Clement IV in 1268 and the election of his successor delayed the Polos in fulfilling Kublai's request. |
