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Devolution - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Devolution : (noun)
1: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of
effective power or vitality or essential quality [syn: degeneration]
[ant: development]
2: the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a
regional government) [syn: devolvement]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Devolution : \Dev`o*lu"tion\, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F.
d['e]volution.]
1. The act of rolling down. [R.]
The devolution of earth down upon the valleys.
--Woodward.
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. --De Quincey.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DEVOLUTION, eccl. law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right and power
which a person has to another, on account of some act or negligence of the
person who is vested with such right or power: for example, when a person
has the right of preseptation, and he does not present within the time
prescribed, the right devolves on his next immediate superior. Ayl. Par.
331.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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