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Incumbency


INCUM'BENCY, noun [from incumbent.] A lying or resting on something.

1. The state of holding or being in possession of a benefice, or of an office.

These fines are to be paid to the bishop, only during his incumbency

There is no test of the tenure, but incumbency on the part of the king.