word | | Judicial branch |
| nine | Bosnia and Herzegovina | BH Constitutional Court (consists of nine members: four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, and three non ... |
| nine | Bulgaria | Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation; Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year terms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the two Supreme Courts, the Chief ... |
| nine | Cameroon | Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president); High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and six substitute judges, elected by the National Assembly) |
| nine | Guinea-Bissau | Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica (consists of nine justices appointed by the president and serve at his pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases); Regional Courts (one ... |
| nine | Hungary | Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the National Assembly for nine-year terms) |
| nine | Montenegro | Constitutional Court (five judges with nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure) |
| nine | Panama | Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; three courts of appeal |
| nine | 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) |
| nine | Poland | ... judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for an indefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen by the Sejm for nine-year terms |
| nine | Romania | ... the constitutionality of laws, treaties, ordinances, and internal rules of the Parliament; it is comprised of nine members serving nine-year terms, with three members each appointed by the president, the Senate ... |
| nine | 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 |
| 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 | 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) |
| 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) |
| nominations | France | Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges are appointed by the president from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (three members appointed by ... |