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devolve

v. when property is automatically transferred from one party to another by operation of law, without any act required of either past or present owner. The most common example is passing of title to the natural heir of a person upon his death. 2) passing of authority to a vice president on death of a president. 3) to give a territory sovereign rights to run itself.

devolve

verb be handed down to, be handed over, be transferred, bequeath, cause to pass to another, cede, change from one to another, change ownership, confer ownership, convey, deferre, delegate upon another, deliver over to a successor, descend by inheritance, descend upon, fall by inheritance, fall by succession, give, grant, interchange, invest with, leave to, make over, pass to, permittere, put in possession, sign away, substitute, trade, transfer, transfer ownership, transfer to, transmit, turn over
Associated concepts: devolution of a lease
See also: advance, alienate, assign, cede, convey, detail, entrust, pass, transfer
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Rhys Ifans is among 40 celebrities and academics who want powers over broadcasting devolved to Wales; A petition bearing more than a 1,000 names calling for powers to be moved from London to Cardiff was presented during the review
"Will you therefore devolve Remploy, for the Welsh factories, for the next three years, in order to ensure all of the factories that can have a future do have a future?" The Prime Minister said: "I will look carefully at the proposal you put forward, put forward in a spirit of being very constructive.
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The report argues that if the UK Government has been prepared to devolve the other taxes recommended by the Silk Commission, including the partial devolution of income tax which involves a significant amount of money, it should be able to trust the Welsh Government with APD.
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