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Distribution
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distribution n. the act of dividing up the assets of an estate or trust, or paying out profits or assets of a corporation or business according to the ownership percentages. (See: distribute)

DISTRIBUTION. By this term is understood the division of an intestate's estate according to law.
     2. The English statute of 22 and 23 Car. II. c. 10, which was itself probably borrowed from the 118th Novel of Justinian, is the foundation of, perhaps, most acts of distribution in the several states. Vide 2 Kent, Com. 342, note; 8 Com. Dig. 522; 11 Vin. Ab. 189, 202; Com. Dig. Administration, H.



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The process has been facilitated by the material and technological conditions, which are particularly beneficial to East Asia because of its skewed distribution of resources, labour, capital and technology.
Collaborative Development in Northeast Asia. (Book Reviews) by Cheng, Joseph Yu-Shek / Pacific Affairs
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