incumbent+of+an+office

  • 31Incumbent —    A term peculiar to the English Church but frequently used in this country to designate the Rector of a Parish. The word means one who holds or is in possession of any office; it occurs in the Institution Office …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 32incumbent — in cum·bent || ɪn kÊŒmbÉ™nt n. person who currently holds an office or position adj. presently holding an office or position; compulsory, necessary; resting, lying (Archaic) …

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  • 33incumbent — adj 1. holding office, in power, responsible, in, inside, in the driver s seat, holding the reins, holding sway, holding down the fort. 2. obligatory, binding, compelling, constrictive, commanding, demanding, necessary, inescapable, prescribed,… …

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  • 34incumbent — One who holds an office, particularly one who holds it under legal authority to discharge the duties of the office. State v McCollister, 11 Ohio St 46, 50 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 35office-bearer — noun the person who holds an office • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑incumbent, ↑ …

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  • 36incumbent — I. a. 1. Obligatory, binding, devolving, devolved, laid. 2. Leaning, reclining, bearing down, pressing down, resting, weighing down, prone. II. n. Holder, occupant (of a benefice or office) …

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  • 37term of office — A fixed and definite period of time during which the incumbent of an office is to hold it. Collison v State, 39 Del 460, 2 A2d 97, 119 ALR 1422. The time during which one regularly chosen by election or appointment and inducted into office is… …

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  • 38election to fill vacancy in office — The next election at which a successor to the incumbent of the office would have been elected if there had been no vacancy, or the election next in point of time after the vacancy occurs, the divergence of view arising in the construction of… …

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  • 39United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services — Office of Internal Oversight Services United Nat …

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  • 40vacancy in office — A matter of a public office being without an incumbent who has a right to exercise its functions and take its fees or emoluments. 42 Am J1st Pub Of § 131. The condition of a public office which is unoccupied and without an incumbent who has a… …

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