There was, first, the law of territory, if we may so call it, by which the supreme ruler became really owner of the integral soil, which he distributed among his great vassals, to be redistributed by them among inferior vassals.
"Irish Race in the Past and the Present"
Aug. J. Thebaud
It may be interesting to note that the Reforms of 1832 and 1867 did not change the total number of members of the House, but merely redistributed the existing 658 seats.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The question is momentous, and claims intelligent and immediate decision; for tonnage once locked up in a built ship cannot be got out and redistributed to meet the call of the moment.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan