In July 1988, Jordan severed all legal and administrative ties with the West Bank.

Beneath the thin legal and administrative ties that hold it together lies the far more vital bond of a traditional free spontaneous activity.

This was enacted to reflect the closer administrative ties between Beckermet and Thornhill.

How could the centre "maintain its administrative ties with the masses to ensure adequate national defense and tax collection?".

On July 31, King Hussein severed Jordan's legal and administrative ties with the West Bank.

Jordan's severing of administrative ties to the West Bank makes direct negotiations with Israel's neighbors seem an even more unlikely possibility.

Jordan's decision to sever its 40-year-old administrative and legal ties with the West Bank followed months of protest by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territory.

Last week, King Hussein said he was severing legal and administrative ties with the territories.

Under arrangements with Israel, Jordan had kept many administrative ties to the West Bank.

It is also used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales as a unit (including many smaller islands which "have administrative ties with the mainland").