归属指归属的行为，尤指将一艺术作品的创作者、地域或时代归属为一特定人物、地点或时间 The act of attributing, especially of establishing a particular person, place, or time as the creator, provenance, or era of a work of art.
该少数民族应归属哪一州的问题已由公民投票表决。 The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by (a) plebiscite.
两国之间存在着涉及那个岛屿归属的领土争端。 The two countries had a territorial dispute over which one owned the island.
如果你死时无继承人，你的财产将归属国家。 If you die without heirs, your property will revert to the State.