A person who is in pres-ent possession of an office; one who is le-gally authorized to discharge the duties of an office. State v. McCoilister, 11 ohio, 50; gtate v. Blakemore, 104 Mo. 340, 15 S. W. 960.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
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