Incumbent
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A person who is in present possession of an office; one who is legally authorized to discharge the duties of an office.
State v. McColiister, 11 Ohio, 50; State v. Blakemore, 104 Mo. 340, 15 S. W. 960.
In ecclesiastical law, the term signifies a clergyman who is in possession of a benefice.