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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.
Generic synonyms: Physical Process, Process
Specialized synonyms: Attack, Obsolescence, Macular Degeneration
Derivative terms: Degenerate
Antonyms: Evolution
2. Noun. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Category relationships: Administration, Governance, Governing, Government, Government Activity
Generic synonyms: Delegating, Delegation, Deputation, Relegating, Relegation
Derivative terms: Devolve, Devolve
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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devolution
Literary usage of Devolution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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