I am fully conscious of the grave responsibility that now devolves upon me as the Ruler of my State.
32.
Upon the last such lapse of usufruct, the land would devolve upon the agnatic kin of the last male land-holder.
33.
The Clifford barony then devolved upon Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, the wife of the future 4th Duke of Devonshire.
34.
Upon his death in 1841, his extensive estates devolved upon his widow and after her, upon her younger surviving daughter.
35.
Owing to the early loss of his father, his education devolved upon his mother who devoted herself to his spiritual advancement.
36.
In other cases, already-extant peerages and baronetcies devolved upon persons who emigrated to Australia, or whose ancestors had emigrated to Australia.
37.
By then, a lot of the political and legal powers of the Chinese Mayoralty had devolved upon the colonial civil service.
38.
The Constitution of Utah originally stated that, should the office of governor be vacant, the power be devolved upon the ticket.
39.
In a later variation, the capital devolves upon the last survivor, so dissolving the trust and usually making the survivor very wealthy.
40.
The Duke and Duchess died without surviving children and after extensive litigation the Holme Lacy estate devolved upon 9th Earl of Chesterfield.
