word | | Judicial branch |
| appointed | Malawi | Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointed by the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts |
| appointed | Malaysia | ... on peninsula Malaysia, and High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in states of Borneo (judges are appointed by the king on the advice of the prime minister); Sharia Courts include Sharia Appeal ... |
| appointed | Maldives | Supreme Court; Supreme Court judges are appointed by the President with approval of voting members of the People's Council; High Court; Trial Courts; all lower court judges are appointed by the ... |
| appointed | Malta | Constitutional Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister |
| appointed | Mexico | Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate) |
| appointed | Monaco | Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council) |
| appointed | Morocco | Supreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch) |
| appointed | Mozambique | Supreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of its professional judges are appointed by the president, and some are elected by the Assembly); other courts include an Administrative Court, Constitutional Court ... |
| appointed | Namibia | Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission) |
| appointed | Nepal | Supreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (the President appoints the chief justice is appointed by the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; the chief justice appoints other judges on the recommendation of ... |
| appointed | Netherlands Antilles | Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch) |
| appointed | New Zealand | Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; High Court; note - judges appointed by the governor general |