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INCUMBENT, eccles (law)


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 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 duties. In common parlance, it signifies one who is in the possession of an office, as, the present incumbent. office, as, the present incumbent.