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Definition of Devolution

1. Noun. The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.

2. Noun. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).

Definition of Devolution

1. n. The act of rolling down.

Definition of Devolution

1. Noun. A rolling down. ¹

2. Noun. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession ¹

3. Noun. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another. ¹

4. Noun. (pejorative) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution). ¹

5. Noun. (British) The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Devolution

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Medical Definition of Devolution

1. A continuing process of degeneration or breaking down, in contrast to evolution. See: involution, catabolism. Origin: L. De-volvo, pp. -volutus, to roll down (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Devolution

devocations devoice devoiced devoices devoicing devoid devoid of(p) devoidness devoir devoirs

devolatilization devolatilizations devolatilize devolatilizer devolatilizers devolution (current term) devolutional devolutionary devolutionist devolutionists

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Literary usage of Devolution

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1. A General View of the Law of Property by James Andrew Strahan, James Sinclair Baxter (1908)
"devolution mortis causa arises where the ownership of a thing is ... It will not, however, be necessary or expedient to treat of devolution to the Crown ..."

2. The Law of Wills and Succession as Administered in Scotland: Including by John M'Laren (1894)
"Clauses of devolution effectual as conditions of grant of heritable estate. devolution distinguished from resolutive clause: Effectual without declarator. ..."

3. Treatise on the Law of Arbitration in Scotland by John Montgomerie Bell (1877)
"After noticing ^hat the minute of devolution specified two explicit points, ... In a submission with a power of devolution, the devolution made by the ..."

4. A Treatise on the American Law of Administration by John Gabriel Woerner (1899)
"In default of the testamentary disposition of the property Principle of of a deceased person, the law disposes of the same pre- devolution. eisely as the ..."

5. The Law of Scotland in Relation to Wills and Succession: Including the by John M'Laren (1868)
"(5) The decisions in relation to clauses of devolution present the law of ... A clause of devolution is different in principle from a re- devolution d¡s- ..."

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