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An individual who is in current possession of a particular office and who is legally authorized to discharge the duties of that office. INCUMBENT, eccles. law. A clerk resident on his benefice with cure; he is so called because he does, or ought to, bend the whole of his studies to his duties. In common parlance, it signifies one who is in the possession of an office, as, the present incumbent. |
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Masry announced his candidacy at a rally with incumbant councilwoman Linda Parks. An unfortunate corollary to this notion is that the responsibility for change is "theirs"; it is incumbant upon "them" to move toward the center, to assimilate, while "we" stay naturally, comfortably centered. Decision Rules of Major Individual Contributors to Congress: The Importance of Incumbant Committee and Ideology' by Paul S. |
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