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Incumbent, a clergyman in possession of as ecclesiastical benefice. As to resignation with pen-sion, see the Incumbents Resignation Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 44); and the Clergy Pensions Measures, 1926 to 1928; and as to provision by the Public Worship Regulation Act for the better administra-tion of the laws 'relating to the performance of public worship, according to the use of the Church of England,' see PUBLIC WORSHIP REGULATION ACT, 1874; and see, generally, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.