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The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb incumbere, literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem incumbent-, "leaning a variant of encumber, [1] while encumber is derived from the root cumber, [2] most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or action; to burden, load."
What is incumbent upon us is not the pleasure of life, not even love, real love, but only duty. This is moreover something specifically Prussian. We are distinguished by it above other nations, and even among those who do not understand it and wish us ill, the idea dawns that our superiority arises from it."
I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you have longed to witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten. Verily I say, it is incumbent upon the peoples of both the East and the West to obey My word and to pledge allegiance to My person."
It is incumbent upon all of us to confront voting disenfranchisement head-on and work toward a more equitable and inclusive democracy. To address this inequality, Oklahoma policymakers have ...
"Fealty" also referred to the duties incumbent upon a vassal that were owed to the lord, which consisted of service and aid. [ 1 ] One part of the oath of fealty included swearing to always remain faithful to the lord.
It is incumbent upon the defense to file a motion with the court that it believes that the failure of the prosecution to produce the document is a violation of the Jencks Act. [105] [106] If the interests of justice require such, the trial is properly called a mistrial. [13] [104]
It is incumbent upon the King: a. to sanction and promulgate the laws; b. to summon and dissolve the Cortes Generales and to call elections under the terms provided in the Constitution; c. to call a referendum in the circumstances provided for in the Constitution;
The Philippians verse is sometimes thought to reference Psalm 55:5, which says, “Fear and trembling came upon me.” [1] The work is an extended meditation [2] on Genesis 22, also known as the binding of Isaac. Silentio attempts to understand Abraham’s internal psychological state during his three-and-a-half-day journey to Moriah.