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devolution n. the transfer of rights, powers, or an office (public or private) from one person or government to another. (See: devolve) devolution noun assignment, bequeathal, bequest, change of hands, conveyance, delegation, delegation of duties, deliverance, delivery, demise, devise, interchange, nonretention, reversion, substitution, succession, succession of property rights, transfer, transfer of property, transference, transmission Associated concepts: devolution of liability, devolution of property See also: assignment, conveyance, delegation, deputation, succession 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As I will explain, Brown used his early texts to create male and female heroic bodies that could take their proper places within an evolutionary, linear narrative of black historical progress, a narrative designed to combat the devolutionary temporal narratives that would preclude blacks from inhabiting national space. Apocalyptic was the term applied by nineteenth-century German biblical scholars to writings that describe what in their estimation was a quick, accelerating, devolutionary demise of a certain segment of society. The Eightieth Amendment to the Constitution introduced its recommendation, though it reduced the proposed devolutionary share of 29 percent to 26 percent. |
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