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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] incumbent-, incumbens, present participle of incumbere to lie down on, from in- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to cubare to lie.  While encumber is derived from the [[root]] cumber, most appropriately defined:  To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders [[freedom]] of [[motion]] or [[action]]; to burden, load.

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] incumbent-, incumbens, present participle of incumbere to lie down on, from in- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to cubare to lie.  While encumber is derived from the [[root]] cumber, most appropriately defined:  To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders [[freedom]] of [[motion]] or [[action]]; to burden, load.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice

*1: the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice

*2: one that occupies a particular position or place  

*2: one that occupies a particular position or place  

==Description==

==Description==

The '''incumbent''', in [[politics]], is the existing holder of a [[political]] office. This term is usually used in [[reference]] to [[elections]], in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election 2004 United States presidential election], George W. Bush was the incumbent, because he was the president in the current term while the [[election]] sought to determine the president for the following term. In open-seat races (that is, where no incumbent is running), the phrase "incumbent" is sometimes used to refer to the nominee of the party currently holding the office.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent]

The '''incumbent''', in [[politics]], is the existing holder of a [[political]] office. This term is usually used in [[reference]] to [[elections]], in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election 2004 United States presidential election], George W. Bush was the incumbent, because he was the president in the current term while the [[election]] sought to determine the president for the following term. In open-seat races (that is, where no incumbent is running), the phrase "incumbent" is sometimes used to refer to the nominee of the party currently holding the office.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent]

[[Category: Political Science]]

[[Category: Political Science]]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]