Sentence examples for devolved on the from inspiring English sources

It devolved on the President to approve or to disapprove the sentence.

He left no male heirs and the title devolved on the 1st Duke's elder surviving daughter Anne (c. 1631 1716), duchess of Hamilton in her own right.

But in the meantime, effective power within the duchy had devolved on the greater counts and viscounts (such as those of Armagnac and Lomagne), who were to dominate Gascony for centuries.

The role of favourite later devolved on the youngest brother, Tom, whose solid career in the Merchant Navy put Herman's wanderings in the shade, and who ended up as governor of the Sailors Snugg Harbor on Staten Island.

Like today, the direst political oppositions devolved on the economy, and on proper uses of public and private finance.

(I am omitting the obvious racism, the letters from people that use slurs such as "chink," which have devolved on the internet into anonymous gibberish).

Upon his death, the marquessate expired, but the earldom of Antrim devolved on his brother.

The National Weather Service shall consist of such civilian employees as Congress may annually provide for and as may be necessary to properly perform the duties devolving on said Service by law.

And now, it seems, a similar duty sometimes devolves on the chief bridesmaid on behalf of the bride.

In case of the vacancy of the office of governor, the government of the said territory shall devolve on the secretary.

The title poem deals with an ancient Turkish myth in which universal sovereignty, symbolized in the apple, devolves on the Turks.