word | | Judicial branch |
| 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 First Instance; Court of Appeal note: magistrates and judges for the 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 |
| Court | Mayotte | Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel |
| Court | 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) |
| Court | Micronesia, Federated States of | Supreme Court |
| Court | Moldova | Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority for constitutional judicature) |
| Court | Monaco | Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by the monarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council) |
| Court | Mongolia | Supreme 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 ... |
| Court | Montenegro | Constitutional Court (five judges serve nine-year terms); Supreme Court (judges have life tenure) |
| Court | Montserrat | Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court) |