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/dˌɛvəlˈuʃən/ Listen

noun

Devolution n.

The act of rolling down. (R.) "The devolution of earth down upon the valleys."

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Devolution" Quotes from Famous Books

... country bear in proportion to their increase in size a corresponding increase and burden of taxation. The Government has the absolute right to decide as to the terms upon which a man shall receive a bequest or devise from another, and this point in the devolution of property is especially appropriate for the imposition of a tax. Laws imposing such taxes have repeatedly been placed upon the National statute books and as repeatedly declared constitutional by the courts; and these laws contained the progressive principle, that is, after a certain ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... brother Theophilus. But when on the fourth day letters came to him, which informed him of the death of Tiberius, he obliged the multitude to take an oath of fidelity to Caius; he also recalled his army, and made them every one go home, and take their winter quarters there, since, upon the devolution of the empire upon Caius, he had not the like authority of making this war which he had before. It was also reported, that when Aretas heard of the coming of Vitellius to fight him, he said, upon his consulting the diviners, that it was impossible that this army of Vitellius's could ...

— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus

... possession by us of any one of them would have made the place untenable. The plan has been ascribed to Colonel Watson of the Suffolks, but it is time that some protest should be raised against this devolution of responsibility upon subordinates in the event of failure. When success has crowned our arms we have been delighted to honour our general; but when our efforts end in failure our attention is called to Colonel Watson, Colonel Long, or Colonel Thorneycroft. ...

— The Great Boer War • Arthur Conan Doyle

... of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments each with its own legislative assembly; for other acronyms ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.