n. 1) the transfer of title to real property by the automatic ope...

Devolution is the decentralisation of governmental power. Examples of devolution are the powers granted to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and t [..]

Transfer of powers from the national or central government to state or local government.

1540s; see de- + evolution. Used in various legal and figurative senses; in biology, as the opposite of evolution, it is attested from 1882.

transfer of power from a central authority or more local authorities.

The transfer of rights, powers, or an office (public or private) from one person or government to another.

A system of government in which the sovereign central government devolves (delegates) power to regional governments.

Devolución, Entrega

noun Definition: the act of devolving: degeneration through gradual change Example Sentence: The devolution of power becomes rarer by the day.

The delegation of powers to other parliamentary bodies within the UK, specifically, the Scottish Parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies.

The conservative policy of devolving power and transferring programs from the federal government to the states, and from states to local governments, with as many programs privatized along the way as [..]

Transfer of powers from the national or central government to state or local government. This happened in the United Kingdom in the late twentieth century.

the transfer (as of rights, powers, property, or responsibility) to another

The subdivision of organizations into separate units each with their own budgets. Usually associated with devolution of responsibilities and with enhanced performance monitoring of the units. See also [..]

The process of decentralising the governance of Scotland, within the UK, from the central authorities (Westminster and Whitehall) to a Scottish Parliament and Executive. Similar schemes have been implemented for Northern Ireland and for Wales.

See: Devolved government

The Process Of Assigning Substantive Responsibility For The Delivery Of A Public good or service to a sub-national government level. Either the central government could devolve the responsibility to provide a central government service to the local government level, or the central government could devolve responsibility over all aspects of a functi [..]

Devolution is the act of transferring one's rights, duties, or powers to another. The passing of such rights, duties, or powers can be by transfer or succession.

(n) the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality(n) the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)

The transfer of certain powers from a central Government to a regional government. This allows the regional government to make decisions at a local level. The UK Parliament at Westminster first devolv [..]

(Latin) From devolvere: backwards evolution, degeneration. The natural mechanical inclination for all matter and energy in nature to return towards their state of inert uniformity. Related to the Arcanum Ten: Retribution, the Wheel of Samsara. Devolution is the inverse process of evolution. As evolution is the complication of matter or energy, devo [..]

n. 1) the transfer of title to real property by the automatic operation of law. 2) n. the transfer of rights, powers or an office (public or private) from one person or government to another.