cumbent

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The tenure of office of George B. Olson, in - cumbent of the office of superintendent of streets and sewers of the town of B.lmont, shall, upon the effective date of this act, be unlimited, but he may be removed therefrom for cause after hearing in the manner provided by section forty-three of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.

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  1. Lying down; reclining; recumbent. [Rare.] At the fountaines are as many cumbent figures of marble under very large niches of stone. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 12, 1644. A handsome monument of Caen stone, being a cumbent effigy on an altar-tomb, was placed on the north side of the chancel [in Whalley church] in 1842. Baines, Hist. Lancashire, II. 7, note.

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  • The tenure of office of George B. Olson, in - cumbent of the office of superintendent of streets and sewers of the town of B.lmont, shall, upon the effective date of this act, be unlimited, but he may be removed therefrom for cause after hearing in the manner provided by section forty-three of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws. —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • Present in - cumbent may continue to hold office, etc. —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • 'Against the skreen of the chapel of St. Michael, is a most noble spacious tomb of white marble, adorned with two pillars of black marble, with entablatures of the Corinthian order, embellished with arms, and most curious trophy works; on the pedestal lye two images, in full proportion, of white marble in a cumbent posture, in their robes, representing William Cavendish, duke of Newcastle, and Margaret his duchess, his second and last wife, being the daughter of Sir Charles, and the sister of lord Lucas of Colchester; who as she had deservedly acquired the reputation of a lady of uncommon wit, learning, and liberality; so the duke her husband had rendered himself famous for his loyalty, and constant fidelity to the royal family, during the civil wars in this kingdom and in Scotland. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
  • The tenure of office of Harold King, the in - cumbent of the office of chief of pohce of the town of Pepper - ell, shall be unlimited, but he may be removed therefrom, lowered in rank or compensation or transferred upon the revocation of the acceptance of this act in the manner pro - vided by section two thereof, or for cause after hearing in the manner provided by section forty-three of chapter thirty - one of the General Laws. —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • 362 1, 2 transit department, clerk of works in, position placed under civil service laws, and relative to retirement rights of in - cumbent of said position .. ... —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
 

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  1. from Latin cumben(t-)s, present participle of *cumbere (only in comp. concumbere, incumbere, etc.), nasalized form of cubare, lie down: see cubit, and cf. accumbent, incumbent, procumbent, recumbent.
 

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