The original Will or Testament was therefore an instrument, or (for it was probably not at first in writing) a proceeding, by which the devolution of the Family was regulated.
There is, however, another mode of obviating the inconvenience attending the devolution of sovereignty on an infant heir, and it is one which would doubtless occur spontaneously to rudely organised communities.
Similarly, the reipus, or fine leviable on the re-marriage of a widow, did not enter into the allod of the person to whom it was paid, and followed a line of devolution in which the privileges of the agnates were neglected.
With the Romans it seemed an equally simple and natural process, to eliminate the fact of death from the devolution of rights and obligations.
In order that the universal succession may be true and perfect, the devolution must take place uno ictu, as the jurists phrase it.
A Will or Testament is an instrument by which the devolution of an inheritance is prescribed.
Unless provision was made in the will for the instant devolution of the testator's rights and duties on the Heir or Co-heirs, the testament lost all its effect.
The goods descend no doubt to the Heir, but that is only because the government of the family carries with it in its devolution the power of disposing of the common stock.
So, too, in all other questions which concerned the maintenance of the family, and especially in regard to the devolution of property.
We are told at the same time that the active principle is not a primordial and essential constituent of material substances, but an accidental result of devolution from other active principles residing in other substances.
It is, therefore, plain that the "active principle inseparable from matter" cannot originate in devolution from other pre-existing forces.
A force," says he, "cannot originate otherwise than bydevolution from some pre-existing force or forces.
This argument for the obligation of the Consuming Class is based upon the devolution of duties.
This question of the duty of the Consuming Class towards the men who make or sell the goods they buy, may be viewed from another angle than that of the devolution of duties or the obligation of indirect employers.
The devolution of duty argument: the direct employer has failed to fulfill his duty, and this duty thereupon devolves upon the indirect employer, the Consuming Class.
I will only say that devolution may be, and I think ought to be, of two kinds, which we may define as regional and functional.
In other words, the true alternative to functional representation in Parliament is functional devolution under the supreme authority of Parliament.
Sir Charles expressed a wish to "study in Ireland a plan for the devolution to Welsh, Scottish, and Irish bodies of much business which Parliament is incompetent to discharge, and which at the present time is badly done or not done at all.
It is, therefore, by him alone that the idea of pure right, acquired not by force but by legitimate devolution from those whom God himself had set up, is visibly expressed upon earth.
The doctrine of the evolution of man as taught by Darwin is neither complimentary to man or God; but the doctrine of devolution is.
The devolution of God is through man by means of all the increasing facilities and agencies that make man stronger, wiser, and better.
For devolutionthere must be a thought-out plan equally applicable to each several part of the United Kingdom.
A system of devolution was impossible if the different local Parliaments and Executives were to have different powers.
Ulster counties until legislative provision for a general system of devolution for the whole of the United Kingdom was ready to come into operation, such provision to take place within six years.
In the summer of 1904, believing that he had the approval of Mr. Wyndham, the Chief Secretary, in so doing, he assisted Lord Dunraven to formulate the policy of devolution in Ireland.
We hear much talk about the need for a devolution of the power of Parliament on subordinate representative bodies, but the tendency is not mainly in that direction.
He is aware that the problem of Home Rule and of devolution generally is an integral part of the organization of democracy.
This is one among the reasons why devolution and the revival of local government, at present crushed in this country by a centralized bureaucracy, are of the essence of democratic progress.
This was owing to the party of Lord Danby, who asserted a devolution of the Crown on the Princess of Orange.
Lastly, it made no provision for any future devolution of the Crown in failure of issue from those to whom it was thus limited, leaving that to the wisdom of future parliaments.
During this time the Government had given no sign that the Devolution movement might not find favour in their sight.
It was in this friendly atmosphere that the Irish Reform Association propounded its scheme of Devolution which Mr T.
The devolution scheme ascribed to Lord Dunraven, the late Captain Shaw, and others, was said to have received the viceroy's benediction.
But there was the dangerous rock of finance, on which all devolution schemes must be wrecked.
It was Mr. Balfour's way of announcing his dislike of the already dead and buried devolution plan.
M547) Testamentary devolution of property was not the rule in Assyria or Babylonia, where the law of inheritance was so firmly fixed that it would be naturally illegal.
They have constantly been allowed to the heir of line, and their devolutionthrough female heirs must of necessity presuppose the right thereto of the female heir through whom the inheritance is claimed.
The real fact is that the whole subject of the descent and devolution of badges is shrouded in mystery.
The moment this throne totters, or is obscured, devolution begins, and degeneration, insanity, and Inferno lie that way.
Sidenote: The "War of Devolution"] The War of Devolution was an attempt of Louis to gain the Spanish or Belgian Netherlands.
There are also a number of alterations in the law relating to the devolution of property, and to personal status which ought to be made by the new Parliament at an early date.
The devolution of real estate in case of intestacy should be assimilated to that of personal estate.
Amend the law relating to marriage, and also on some points affecting personal status and devolution of property on death.
The totally different question of the devolution of powers to any parts of the United Kingdom has yet to be settled.
It is a complete mistake to imagine that devolution to other bodies of the legislative powers of Parliament would do what is required in this respect.
It was carried to Rome at the devolution of the duchy to the Holy See, but was rescued by Pope Clement XI.
This increase, which went on until the devolution of the duchy in 1631, was chiefly by a mass of unpublished writings of local interest or authorship, without any pretence to artistic beauty.
Our next portrait of this Duke was probably obtained by the Barberini family at the devolution of Urbino to the Holy See, about 1630, and remains in their palace at Rome.
The principle of devolution is a good one, that districts should administer their own affairs without interference by those who cannot know local circumstances.
Principles of anarchy came to be disseminated, devolution on revolution followed.
