word | | Judicial branch |
| Magistrate | Christmas Island | Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court |
| Magistrate | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court |
| magistrate | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Supreme Court (chief justice is a nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over civil and criminal divisions); Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Magistrate | Lesotho | High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch acting on the advice of the Prime Minister); Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts; customary or traditional court |
| magistrate | 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 |
| Magistrate | Pitcairn Islands | Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Judicial Officers are appointed by the Governor |
| Magistrate | Saint Helena | Magistrate's Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal |
| Magistrate | South Africa | Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; High Courts; Magistrate Courts |
| Magistrate | Syria | ... Courts represent an intermediate level between the Court of Cassation and local level courts); local level - Magistrate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Juvenile Courts; Customs Courts; specialized courts - Economic Security Courts (hear ... |
| magistrate | Wallis and Futuna | ... French law by the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu; a court of appeal is located in Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Magistrates | Bahamas, The | Privy Council in London; Courts of Appeal; Supreme (lower) Court; Magistrates' Courts |
| magistrates | Bolivia | ... courts (to try minor cases); Constitutional Tribunal (five primary or titulares and five alternate or suplente magistrates appointed by Congress; to rule on constitutional issues); National Electoral Court (six members elected by ... |
| Magistrates | Botswana | High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Courts (one in each district) |
| magistrates | Bulgaria | ... Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members; responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, and investigating magistrates in the justice system; members of the Supreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms ... |
| Magistrates | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Supreme Court (chief justice is a nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over civil and criminal divisions); Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Magistrates | Fiji | Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); Court of Appeal; High Court; Magistrates' Courts |
| Magistrates | Kiribati | Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts; judges at all levels are appointed by the president |
| Magistrates | Paraguay | Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed on the proposal of the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura) |
| Magistrates | Romania | ... judges appointed for three-year terms by the president in consultation with the Superior Council of Magistrates, which is comprised of the minister of justice, the prosecutor general, two civil society representatives ... |
| magistrates | Venezuela | Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia (magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single 12-year term) |
| Magistratura | Paraguay | Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed on the proposal of the Council of Magistrates or Consejo de la Magistratura) |
| Magistratura | Portugal | Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judges appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura) |
| Mahkama | 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 ... |
| Mahkamah | Indonesia | Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed by the president from a list of candidates selected by the legislature); a separate Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi was invested by the president on ... |
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