word | | Judicial branch |
| nine | Sudan | Constitutional Court of nine justices; National Supreme Court; National Courts of Appeal; other national courts; National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary |
| nine | Thailand | ... the king's appointments to the Constitutional Courtare made upon the advice of the Senate; the nine Constitutional Court judges are drawn from the Supreme Court of Justice and Supreme Administrative Court ... |
| nine | United States | Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts ... |
| Niue | Niue | Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue |
| nominated | Mongolia | ... Court (serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts; judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approved by the president |
| nominated | Netherlands | Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch) |
| nominated | Slovenia | ... Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court (judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president |
| nominated | Suriname | Cantonal Courts and a Court of Justice as an appellate court (justices are nominated for life); member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) |
| nominated | United States | Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts ... |
| nominated | Uruguay | Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly) |
| nominated | Uzbekistan | Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly) |
| nomination | Isle of Man | High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor) |