DEVOLUTION

devolution  (dev-<<schwa>>-loo-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  The  act  or  an  instance  of  transferring

one’s rights, duties, or powers to another; the passing of such rights, duties, or powers by transfer

or   succession   <the   federal   government’s   devolution   of   police   power   to   the   states>.   —

devolutionary,adj. — devolutionist,n. [Blacks Law 8th]