word | | Judicial branch |
| Court | Lithuania | Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for all courts appointed by the President |
| Court | Luxembourg | judicial courts and tribunals (three Justices of the Peace, two district courts, and one Supreme Court of Appeals); administrative courts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrative courts and tribunals, and the ... |
| Court | Macau | Court of Final Appeal in Macau Special Administrative Region |
| Court | Macedonia | Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Republican Judicial Council note: the Assembly appoints the judges |
| Court | Madagascar | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Court or Haute Cour Constitutionnelle |
| Court | 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 |
| Court | Malaysia | Civil Courts include Federal Court, Court of Appeal, High Court of Malaya on peninsula Malaysia, and High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in states of Borneo (judges are appointed by the king ... |
| Court | 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 ... |
| Court | Mali | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme |
| Court | Malta | Constitutional Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister |
| Court | Marshall Islands | Supreme Court; High Court; Traditional Rights Court |
| Court | Mauritania | Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lower courts |
| Court | Mauritius | Supreme Court |