word | | Judicial branch |
| applied | European Union | Court of Justice of the European Union (ensures that the treaties are interpreted and applied uniformly throughout the EU, resolves disputed issues among the EU institutions, issues opinions on questions of EU ... |
| appoint | Andorra | ... Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justice or Consell Superior de la Justicia (coprinces appoint the members); Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional (coprinces appoint the members) note: all judges elected ... |
| appointed | Afghanistan | the constitution establishes 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 ... |
| appointed | Albania | Constitutional Court consists of 9 members appointed by the president with the consent of the Assembly who serve 9-year terms (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four ... |
| appointed | American Samoa | High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior) |
| appointed | Angola | Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional; Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo; Court of Auditions or Tribunal de Contas; Supreme Military Court or Supremo Tribunal Militar; judges for all courts appointed by the president |
| appointed | Argentina | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the Supreme Court judges are appointed by the president with approval of the Senate) note: the Supreme Court has seven judges; the Argentine Congress in 2006 passed ... |
| appointed | Aruba | Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch) |
| appointed | Australia | High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the governor general acting on the advice of the government) |
| appointed | Bangladesh | Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are appointed by the president) |
| appointed | Barbados | ... Supreme Court of Judicature consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the Service Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services); Caribbean Court of Justice or ... |
| appointed | Belarus | Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the president and half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives) |