word | | Judicial branch |
| Court | United Arab Emirates | Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president) |
| Court | United Kingdom | Supreme Court of the UK (established in October 2009 taking over appellate jurisdiction formerly vested in the House of Lords); Senior Courts of England and Wales (comprising the Court of Appeal, the ... |
| Court | 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 ... |
| Court | Uruguay | Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly) |
| Court | Uzbekistan | Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly) |
| Court | 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 ... |
| Court | Vietnam | Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the president for a five-year term) |
| Court | Virgin Islands | US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third Circuit jurisdiction); Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (judges appointed by the governor for 10-year terms) |
| court | 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 |
| Court | Yemen | Supreme Court |
| Court | 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) |
| Court | Zimbabwe | Supreme Court; High Court |
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