devolving on
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He wanted me to undertake the duties devolving on him in the Committee of which he was Chairman, and to attend to some other public matters in his absence.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie
In the discharge of the work devolving on me from day to day, I felt I should have been recreant to duty, and missed many opportunities of usefulness, had I gone away.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James
Among other duties devolving on the boom agent is to inspect, personally, every raft of logs, setting down the number and mark in a memorandum kept for the purpose.
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.
The duties devolving on a writer were the duties of a clerk; to keep accounts; to take stock; to make advances; to ship cargoes; to see that no infringement of the Company's monopoly should occur.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce
Admitting, then, that all Christians have some kind of responsibility and duty devolving on them, a most important question comes up.
From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by Baldwin, A.C.
