The word Junta is Spanish tor an Assembly or High Council of State, applied to an irregularly summoned Assembly of the States, as appears to ba the case in this respect, for the purpose of forming a Provisional Government, as disiinguiahed from the regular parliament. The name is of Spanish origin. In 1868, after the fall of Queen Isabella of Spain, a number of Juntas formed themselves in the principal towns, and took upon themselves the Government, until a Central aovernment bad been established to take the ape of that which had been overthrown,
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 661, 22 September 1891, Page 3
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94Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 661, 22 September 1891, Page 3
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