word | | Judicial branch |
| Supreme | Uzbekistan | Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly) |
| Supreme | Vanuatu | Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice ... |
| Supreme | Venezuela | Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term) |
| Supreme | Vietnam | Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president) |
| Supreme | Yemen | Supreme Court |
| Supreme | Zambia | Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases) |
| Supreme | Zimbabwe | Supreme Court; High Court |
| Supremes | Comoros | Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed by the president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, one elected by the Council of each island, and others are former presidents of ... |
| Supremo | Cape Verde | Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia |
| Supremo | Cuba | People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly) |
| Supremo | Guinea-Bissau | Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices appointed by the president and serve at his pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases); Regional Courts (one ... |
| Supremo | Portugal | Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judges appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura) |
| Supremo | Spain | Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo |
| sworn | Brunei | Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases; Shariah courts ... |
| Ta | Lebanon | ... for civil and commercial cases and one court for criminal cases); Constitutional Council (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality of laws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and ... |
| tenure | Montenegro | Constitutional Court (five judges with nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure) |
| term | Albania | Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term), and multiple appeals and district courts |
| term | Czech Republic | Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman and deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term |
| term | European Union | ... among the EU institutions) - 27 justices (one from each member state) appointed for a six-year term; note - for the sake of efficiency, the court can sit with 13 justices known as ... |
| term | Venezuela | Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term) |
| term | Vietnam | Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president) |
| termination | Kosovo | ... are appointed by the SRSG; municipal courts judges are appointed by the SRSG note: after the termination of UNMIK's mandate, the Kosovo Judicial Council (KJC) will propose to the president candidates ... |
| terms | Afghanistan | ... a nine-member Stera Mahkama or Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for 10-year terms by the president with approval of the Wolesi Jirga) and subordinate High Courts and Appeals ... |
| terms | Bolivia | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases); Constitutional Tribunal (five primary ... |
| terms | Brunei | Supreme Court - chief justice and judges are sworn in by monarch for three-year terms; Judicial Committee of Privy Council in London is final court of appeal for civil cases; Shariah courts ... |
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