word | | Judicial branch |
| appointed | Chile | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is ... |
| appointed | China | Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress); Local People's Courts (comprise higher, intermediate, and basic courts); Special People's Courts (primarily military, maritime, railway transportation, and ... |
| appointed | 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 ... |
| appointed | Croatia | Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courts are appointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of the Republic, which is elected by the Assembly |
| appointed | Curacao | Common Court of Justice, Joint High Court of Justice (judges appointed by the monarch) |
| appointed | Cyprus | Supreme Court (judges are appointed jointly by the president and vice president); subordinate courts note: there is also a "Supreme Court" in the area administered by Turkish Cypriots |
| appointed | Czech Republic | Supreme Court; judges are appointed by the president for an unlimited term; Constitutional Court; 15 judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate for a ten-year term; Supreme ... |
| appointed | Denmark | Supreme Court (judges are appointed for life by the monarch) |
| appointed | Dominican Republic | Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of the president, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, and an ... |
| appointed | Ecuador | ... a procedure overseen by the Judiciary Council); Constitutional Court or Corte Constitucional (Constitutional Court justices are appointed by a commission composed of two delegates each from the Executive, Legislative, and Transparency branches ... |
| appointed | Estonia | Supreme Court (chairman appointed for life by Parliament) |