In English law the heir is simply the person on whom the real property of the deceased devolves by operation of law if he dies intestate.
There are only two possible considerations that enter into the problem: first, that the facts I am to state are not true; second, that it devolves on me to accept a risk those associated with me will not take.
To keep her in that condition of purity, it is necessary that she should be separated from the exercise of suffrage and from all those stern and contaminating and demoralizing duties that devolves upon the hardier sex--man.
All that is incumbent on each member of the Church, then, devolves also on him.
It devolves upon you to determine whether this will continue to be true: "America!
But it devolves upon you, young people, to answer.
Dearly beloved friends, upon us devolves the supreme obligation to stand by His side, to fight His battles and to win His victory.
It now usually devolves on some member of the library staff to study the catalogs of second-hand books and report "finds" to some officer of the history department.
But it does seem to me that it devolves as much upon a man, to contribute to home happiness as upon a woman.
My dear sisters, it now devolves upon me to resign the office necessity rather than choice compelled me to accept, and I feel that in so doing, I shall best promote the interests of the Association.
By the Custody of Infants' Act, of 1886, in case of the father's death, parental control devolves on the mother.
When she becomes married, her suffrage devolves upon her husband.
In case of the father's death, parental control, including the management and use of the child's property, devolves on the mother.
Plainer modes of life and ultimate salvation are not incompatible, but if she prefers the added daintiness to the lighter labor it devolves upon her to do the additional work necessarily implied by the touches of elegance.
If one set of these tasks devolves upon her it leaves the waitress more free for her special duties.
The completion of this decennial enumeration devolves upon Congress the duty of making a new apportionment of Representatives "among the several States according to their respective numbers.
With the growth of our country the public business which devolves on the heads of the several Executive Departments has greatly increased.
In Congress are vested all legislative powers, and upon them devolves the responsibility as well for framing unwise and excessive laws as for neglecting to devise and adopt measures absolutely demanded by the wants of the country.
Should the people of the States fail to elect a Vice-President, the power devolves upon the Senate to select this officer from the two highest candidates on the list.
To aid our fellow-citizens in the prudent management of their monetary affairs, the duty devolves on us to diminish by law the amount of paper money now in circulation.
On the other hand, if Johnny should wish to play with a knife or a box of matches, it manifestly devolves upon you to take these objects away from him, no matter how strong his desire to have them may be.
But it also devolves upon you to see that such harmful objects are not very easy for him to obtain and to see to it that plenty of other harmless things are provided for him.
With this high honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility.
Turning to Lincoln, who stood within a few feet of him, he said: 'This young man must be taken down, and I am truly sorry that the task devolves upon me.
This plenitude devolves not now on the eternal Son in His pure Godhead, but on the Christ, the Head and Redeemer of mankind.
The old man is not always rispected as the head of the family, that duty most commonly devolves on one of the young men.
At these markets are assembled frequently some thousands of people, chiefly women, on whom the duty devolves of carrying the various productions of the country to these places of traffic.
The care of offspring, where there are offspring, devolves wholely on them; which, if left in straitened circumstances, is often a burden they are unable to bear.
This should begin at an early period, and naturally devolves on parents, who, by providential appointment, are guardians of the infancy and childhood of their offspring.
During the term for which you have been elected, the constitution of the State devolves on you the task of dealing with many subjects very interesting to the people of Ohio.
The preservation of the results of that victory devolves upon us here and now.
Still, it is fit you should see the full importance of the duty which devolves upon you.
Officials seemed to forget that the soldier's obligation of obedience devolves upon the Government the obligation of protection.
He issued the following farewell: "An order from the President devolves upon Major-General Burnside the command of this army.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "devolves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
