word | | Judicial branch |
| president | Sri Lanka | Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by the president |
| President | Syria | Supreme Judicial Council (appoints and dismisses judges; headed by the President); national level - Supreme Constitutional Court (adjudicates electoral disputes and rules on constitutionality of laws and decrees; justices appointed for four-year ... |
| president | Taiwan | Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan) |
| president | Tajikistan | Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president) |
| president | Tanzania | ... and four judges); High Court (consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts; Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can ... |
| president | Trinidad and Tobago | ... High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are ... |
| president | Turkmenistan | Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president) |
| president | Uganda | Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president) |
| president | United Arab Emirates | Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president) |
| president | 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 ... |
| president | Uruguay | Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly) |
| president | Uzbekistan | Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly) |
| president | Vanuatu | Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on the advice ... |
| president | Vietnam | Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president) |
| president | Zambia | Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases) |
| presidents | Comoros | ... 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 the republic |
| presides | Antigua and Barbuda | ... Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction); member Caribbean Court of Justice |
| presides | British Virgin Islands | ... and the Court of Appeal (one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court); Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court; Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| presides | 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 |
| presides | 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) |
| primarily | China | ... 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 forestry courts |
| primary | Bolivia | ... Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases); Constitutional Tribunal (five primary or titulares and five alternate or suplente magistrates appointed by Congress; to rule on constitutional ... |
| Primary | Tanzania | ... of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts; Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the higher courts |
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