For 14 months, they have lived under the king's direct rule.
In any case, however, we cannot give up direct rule as a method of management.
He wants to end direct rule and hold new local elections this summer.
This involved a loss of direct rule by the English crown.
The Commissioners would maintain this form of direct rule for nearly a century.
No direct rule can be made since much depends on how well the plants are growing before application.
Direct rule continued for 14 months until new state legislature elections could be held.
The new body will restore local government here for the first time since the British imposed direct rule in 1972.
This land was once under the direct rule of the Erek-jhip-zhonad.
However, the differences between direct and indirect rule "was a legal rather than a practical one1".