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Joint High Court of
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was independent of the executive and the legislature. The
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The
Antilles were divided into five insular territories:
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542:"End of the road for Dutch Antilles < Dutch news"
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The
Council of Ministers was elected by the Staten.
494:. On 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles were
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