Devolution and Care

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 work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something.
  • usage: "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"
  • synonyms: attention, aid, tending
• Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger.
  • usage: "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
  • synonyms: caution, precaution, forethought
• An anxious feeling.
  • usage: "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
  • synonyms: concern, fear
• A cause for feeling concern.
  • usage: "his major care was the illness of his wife"
• Attention and management implying responsibility for safety.
  • usage: "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
  • synonyms: charge, tutelage, guardianship
• Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
  • usage: "he wrote the manual on car care"
  • synonyms: maintenance, upkeep

verb

• Feel concern or interest.
  • usage: "I really care about my work"; "I don't care"
• Provide care for.
  • usage: "The nurse was caring for the wounded"
  • synonyms: give care
• Prefer or wish to do something.
  • usage: "Do you care to try this dish"; "Would you like to come along to the movies"
  • synonyms: wish, like
• Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.
  • usage: "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
  • synonyms: manage, deal, handle
• Be concerned with.
  • usage: "I worry about my grades"
  • synonyms: worry

• (n.) Charge, oversight or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.
• (n.) Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.
• (n.) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
• (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
• (n.) To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.

care is the agent must exercise a reasonable degree of care while transacting the business entrusted to him or her by the principal. The principal expects the agent's skill and expertise in real estate matters to be superior to that of the average person. The most fundamental way in which the agent exercises care is to use that skill and knowledge on the principal's behalf. The agent should know all facts pertinent to the principal's affairs, such as the physical characteristics of the property being transferred and the type of financing being used. (See agent, law of agency, principal).