devolution of authority

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• devolution —    Devolution involves the transfer of significant duties and powers from a higher authority to a lower one – for example, from a central government to subordinate regional forms. The transfer stops short of any cession of sovereignty, so that… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• Devolution — • The right of an ecclesiastical superior to provide for a benefice, when the ordinary patron or collator has failed to do so, either through negligence or by the nomination of an improper candidate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• devolution — [dev΄ə lo͞o′shən, dē΄vəlo͞o′shən] n. [ML devolutio, a rolling back < L devolutus, pp. of devolvere: see DEVOLVE] 1. Obs. a rolling down or falling 2. a passing down from stage to stage 3. the passing (of property, rights, authority, etc.) from …   English World dictionary

• Devolution in the United Kingdom — United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Devolution — Devolve and Devolved redirect here. For other uses, see Devolution (disambiguation). Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to government at a subnational level, such as a regional, local,… …   Wikipedia

• devolution — devolutionary, adj., n., devolutionist, n. /dev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /dee veuh /, n. 1. the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage. 2. the passing on to a successor of an unexercised right. 3. Law. the passing of …   Universalium

• devolution — [[t]di͟ːvəlu͟ːʃ(ə)n, de̱v [/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments. ...the devolution of power to the regions …   English dictionary

• authority — Synonyms and related words: Admirable Crichton, acme, adept, administration, adviser, affidavit, aficionado, agency, agentship, amateur, amperage, announcer, annunciator, appurtenance, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, armipotence …   Moby Thesaurus

• devolution — /divəˈluʃən/ (say deevuh loohshuhn) noun 1. the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage. 2. the passing on to a successor of an unexercised right. 3. Law the passing of property, as upon death or bankruptcy. 4. Biology… …  

• devolution — dev|o|lu|tion [ ,divə luʃn ] noun uncount the process of taking power from a central authority or government and giving it to smaller and more local regions …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• devolution — de·vo·lu·tion || ‚diːvÉ™ luːʃn n. transference of authority; act of conferring a right to a successor; degeneration (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary