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Devolution   Listen
noun
Devolution  n.  
1.
The act of rolling down. (R.) "The devolution of earth down upon the valleys."
2.
Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. "The devolution of the crown through a... channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions."





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"Devolution" Quotes from Famous Books



... like the Land Conference, by that remarkable Irish peer Lord Dunraven. That Conference put forward a set of proposals which are now historical, and which have since, in varying forms, inspired the movement for what is popularly known as "Devolution."[35] ...
— Home Rule - Second Edition • Harold Spender
... beautiful eyes, and her face suddenly pale with feeling. "The house was overrun with Italians yesterday," she added. "My father saw some of them, and they are all full of the news that Charles Albert is ready to march into Piedmont, and that the Pope is favorable to devolution. One never knows how much truth there is in these stories, but I have lived in an atmosphere of them all my life." Then she laughed on a sudden, and, clapping her hands together, turned on me with a swift gesture like that of a pleased child. "You saw the Count Ruffiano yesterday?" ...
— In Direst Peril • David Christie Murray
... questions which concerned the maintenance of the family, and especially in regard to the devolution of property. I am here only illustrating the way in which the pontifical college acquired their paramount influence by having a quantity of new and difficult work forced upon them, and it is not part of my plan to explain the early history of adoptions and wills; ...
— The Religious Experience of the Roman People - From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus • W. Warde Fowler


Words linked to "Devolution" :   relegation, devolve, governing, deputation, evolution, government activity, delegating, devolvement, macular degeneration, governance, government, delegation, process, degeneration, attack, administration


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