Devolution and Alienation

noun

• The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.
  • synonyms: degeneration
• The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government. ).
  • synonyms: devolvement

• (n.) The act of rolling down.
• (n.) Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.

DEVOLUTION is the delegation of authority from higher to lower levels.

noun

• The feeling of being alienated from other people.
  • synonyms: disaffection, estrangement
• Separation resulting from hostility.
  • synonyms: estrangement
• Law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another. (
  • usage: "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership"
• The action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly.
  • usage: "his behavior alienated the other students"

• (n.) A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.
• (n.) The act of alienating or the state of being alienated.
• (n.) Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
• (n.) A transfer of title or a legal conveyance of property to another.

alienation is the act of transferring ownership, title, interest, or estate in real property from one person to another. Property is usually sold or conveyed by voluntary alienation, as with a deed or assignment of lease. Involuntary alienation takes place when property is sold against the owner's will, as in a foreclosure sale or a tax sale. (See alienation clause).