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    incumbent


    1. In the following book, therefore, I shall endeavour to explain, first, what are the necessary expenses of the sovereign or commonwealth; and which of those expenses ought to be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society ; and which of them, by that of some particular part ouly, or of some particular members of the society: secondly, what are the different methods in which the whole society may be made to contribute towards defraying the expenses incumbent on the whole society ; and what are the principal advantages and inconveniencies of each of those methods : and thirdly, what are the reasons and causes which have induced almost all modern governments to mortgage some part of this revenue, or to contract debts; and what have been the effects of those debts upon the real wealth, the annual produce of the land and labour of the society


    2. The first mate had the largest number of shares after the captain, so it was incumbent upon the first


    3. Therefore, it was incumbent


    4. Therefore if it is in fact true that five out of six American voters think that incumbents should be evicted, excluding their own incumbent, the exercise becomes meaningless


    5. The result of November‘s off-Year elections may have sent a warning signal to the Clinton Administration as a number of prominent Democratic incumbents went down in defeat including the mayor of New York City where, in what might be considered a mild upset of sorts, Liberal Republican Rudolph Guliani narrowly defeated the empty suit Democratic incumbent David Dinkins


    6. Reagan Democrats, a vital voting bloc that spear-headed his unexpected victory over presidential incumbent James Earl Carter, should not be casually dismissed as an electoral anomaly lest we forget Richard M


    7. [55] As Aberdeen Presbytery subsequently discovered when they attempted to dislodge the incumbent of Saint Clement’s Footdee


    8. documents, and it was timed for the 2004 presidential election to damage the incumbent president


    9. In examining these aspects of our lives, it is incumbent upon each of us to recognize their relative signifi-


    10. 22 And the king said, It is incumbent on us to make him great, to elevate him and to do to him all the good which you shall command us; and at that time the king sent to Abram silver and gold and precious stones in abundance, together with cattle, men servants and maid servants; and the king ordered Abram to be brought, and he sat in the court of the king's house, and the king greatly exalted Abram on that night

    11. 63 And Jacob said, It is incumbent on me to give all this, since I have seen your face, so that you still live in peace


    12. My colleague, the incumbent CA, did not have a clue how to proceed while I was tied up playing lawyer


    13. David, even though he had already been anointed king of Israel, at no time revolted against Saul, the incumbent king


    14. 22 And the king said It is incumbent on us to make him great to elevate him and to do to him all the good which you shall command us; and at that time the king sent to Abram silver and gold and precious stones in abundance together with cattle men servants and maid servants; and the king ordered Abram to be brought and he sat in the court of the king's house and the king greatly exalted Abram on that night


    15. Secondly, it included a list of responsibilities incumbent upon Negroes, and as such was counterproductive to those greater forces whose ultimate goal was (and is) to dissolve the entire existing social order


    16. 63 And Jacob said It is incumbent on me to give all this since I have seen your face so that you still live in peace


    17. 9 And when their fellow-servants saw what happened it distressed them much; and they came and told their Lord of all that had taken place; Then his Lord called him and said to him You wicked servant all that debt I forgave you because you besought me: was it not then incumbent on you also to have mercy on your fellow-servant as I had mercy on you? And his Lord became angry and delivered him to the scourgers till he should pay all that he owed


    18. It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me while it is day: a night will come and no man will be able to busy himself


    19. His Lord answered and said to him you wicked and slothful servant you knew me 35 that I reap where I sowed not and gather where I did not scatter; it was incumbent on you to put my money to the bank and then I should come and seek it with its gains


    20. A major element of the reinvestigation was the PI and it was often the best, single source for information regarding the personal history of an applicant or incumbent

    21. Faced with a potentially damaging presidential candidate, they seek the aid of a very private, elite organization to find anything scandalous that will guarantee a win for the incumbent


    22. Therefore it is incumbent on the authorities of this installation to enforce the UCMJ and stop the harassment that is currently occurring at this installation


    23. , I was very excited for myself, but I felt sorry for the incumbent I had replaced


    24. During the interview, they told me one of their clients, Pioneer Citizens Bank, was considering replacing the incumbent Controller


    25. The docks were little more than a stone wharf with warehouses behind and a few cranes busy unloading barrels of stock and crates of fish off the incumbent ships


    26. It was incumbent upon Peter to proceed according to the law of Moses because God


    27. Gene Hackman and Ray Romano are the two candidates for mayor of the town in the title after the incumbent dies in office


    28. How you intend dealing with situations should be incumbent upon you


    29. ‘’Sergei Borisov, the incumbent Men’s World Karate Champion, here to defend his title


    30. In addition, this feather in his cap could put him in line for the commissioner’s job after the incumbent announced his retirement at the end of the year only a few weeks ago

    31. Above all, let every parochial incumbent make a point of teaching every communicant that he is an integral part of the Church of England, and is bound to do all that he can for its welfare,�to visit, to teach, to warn, to exhort, to edify, to help, to advise, to comfort, to support, to evangelize; to awaken the sleeping, to lead on the inquiring, to build up the saints, to promote repentance, faith, and holiness everywhere, according to his gifts, time, and opportunity


    32. Let the name of the proposed new incumbent be publicly read out in church like banns, and affixed to the church doors, on three or four Sundays consecutively, and let anyone be invited to object if he can


    33. occurred if the incumbent died


    34. afternoon and growing tired of the incumbent batsmen taking his bowlers to the


    35. joining the Board and that the then incumbent was being


    36. for Chief Executive post when the then incumbent Mr Bramwell retired


    37. To compound the problem the incumbent Municipal Officials


    38. alleged subversion? The present incumbent of the top job, Chief Justice


    39. King Zwelithini, the incumbent monarch of the Zulu Nation, sometimes dined in the Village


    40. It is therefore incumbent upon the manufacturer to supplement these general guidance

    41. So it is incumbent on him to begin his quest with rendering of ser-


    42. Since this disaster concerns the humankind as a whole, so it is incumbent upon us to give a clear conception about it, and later on, we shall mention, by Al'lah's leave, the events that shall follow it and on which the fate of mankind hinges


    43. 'You understand that it is not only natural but incumbent on a parent to wish for information in regard to a person dwelling under the same roof


    44. Rumor had it he’d actually bought the election five years earlier, trouncing the three-term incumbent


    45. incumbent, to training the supervisor of the job to be


    46. “It is incumbent on us as professional inquisitive reporters that we probe matters of public interest,” had stated the girl whose name I seemed to remember was Shubra or perhaps Subraj


    47. al owed to challenge the Incumbent or not


    48. When someone is to be promoted, I think it is incumbent on two


    49. It is incumbent on the


    50. It is only incumbent on the Messenger to deliver the Clarifying Message









































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    Synonyms for "incumbent"

    incumbent officeholder

    "incumbent" definitions

    the official who holds an office


    lying or leaning on something else


    necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding


    currently holding an office