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devolution 音標拼音: [d,ɛvəl'uʃən] n. 相傳,轉移,委付 相傳,轉移,委付 devolution n 1: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality [synonym: {degeneration}, {devolution}] [ant: {development}, {evolution}] 2: the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) [synonym: {devolution}, {devolvement}] Devolution \Dev`o*lu"tion\, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F. d['e]volution.] 1. The act of rolling down. [R.] [1913 Webster] The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. [1913 Webster] The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 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.
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