devolving on
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The President and Secretary-Treasurer shall perform the duties usually devolving on such officers.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
During Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s premiership, Mr Asquith gradually rose in political importance, and in 1907 the prime minister’s ill-health resulted in much of the leadership in the Commons devolving on the chancellor of the exchequer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
It well represents the unification of the religious and military offices devolving on the Church of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in Castile,—a bellicose house rather than one of prayer.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
With deep sorrow the ships’ companies left Owyhee, where the catastrophe had occurred, the command of the Resolution devolving on Captain Clerke, and Mr. Gore acting as commander of the Discovery.
From Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages by Anonymous
He has not the broad intellect requisite for the gigantic measures needed in such a crisis, nor the health and physique for the labors devolving on him.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
