The phrase "a devolved state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a political entity that has transferred certain powers from a central government to a local or regional government.
Example: "Scotland is often cited as a devolved state due to its own parliament and varying degrees of legislative power."
Alternatives: "a self-governing region" or "a regional authority."
It's our version of mutation, in our denatured, devolved state; generating and sifting among alternative bad options and landing on one that just might work out.
One key constraint has been the country's complexity, with its devolved states running mini health-care markets and systems across 774 local government authorities and almost 10,000 wards.
So look around this kingdom of ours, at a devolved Scotland contemplating independence – a state of affairs that owes much to Thatcher's antagonistic relationship with that country.
Salmond argues that independence is the natural, bold choice for Scotland, allowing Holyrood to grow from a devolved assembly into a fully fledged state parliament, one that reflects the country's more socially liberal views than those of the rest of the UK.
However, a document produced by the House of Commons library said there was "no precedent" for a devolved part of an EU member state becoming independent and having to determine its membership of the EU as a separate entity.
"While the secretary of state is correct in saying the welfare of children is a devolved matter to Northern Ireland, the security services are not," she said.
Ron Davies, Mr Michael's predecessor as secretary of state for Wales, had been openly campaigning to become first secretary of a devolved Wales in the hope that Mr Michael would fail to win a seat in the Assembly.
The first is that Scottish legislators, meeting as representatives of an independent state, would have much more scope for independent policies than Scottish MSPs in a devolved Holyrood.
"Hunting is a devolved issue.
Miller says this is a devolved matter.
