Decentralize - Law Dictionary Search Results

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decentralization

The action of decentralizing or the state of being decentralized...

centralized

drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority as centralized control of emergency relief efforts centralized government Opposite of decentralized...

centralizing

causing to concentrate at a center Opposite of decentralizing...

decentralise

same as decentralize Opposite of centralize and concentrate...

decentralizing

causing a dispersion or movement away from the center used especially of power or administrative functions Opposite of centralizing...

to make less central to prevent from centralizing to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration to divide and distribute what has been united or concentrated esp said of authority or the administration of public affairs...

Deconcentrate

To withdraw from concentration to decentralize...

Local Government

Local Government. That part of the government of the country which, by delegation from the Imperial Government, is conducted the bodies appointed or elected to conduct it within limited areas, as parishes, boroughs, local government districts, poor law unions, petty sessional districts, county boroughs, and counties. See these titles respectively, and COUNTY COUNCIL; DISTRICT COUNCIL; PARISH COUNCIL; and BOROUGH COUNCIL.Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41). The Act established county councils throughout England and Wales, and has been amended and extended by many other Acts.Transfer of Imperial Powers to County Councils.--The (English) Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 15), though permissive only, extended general, tentative, unsued and almost unknown powers of decentralization which had previously been entrusted to the Local Government Board by the (English) Local Government Act, 1888. The (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 7...

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