The name furnishes no very precise clue to the conclusion it designates, and it has no reference to the Federative form of State, for which Marlo expressly disavows having any partiality.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
These tiny republics were held together by a sort of faintly Federative tie, which rested rather in a common understanding than upon any legal instrument, and whose observance was always subject to the passion of the moment.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
It was further stipulated that a European Congress at the close of the war should endeavour to fix more surely the principles of the Law of Nations and establish a Federative system.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose