Cour Supreme
Tokelau:
Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal
jurisdiction in Tokelau
Tonga:
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of
Appeal (consists of the Privy Council with the addition of the chief
justice of the Supreme Court)
Trinidad and Tobago:
Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the
High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is
appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister and
the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the
president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service
Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; The Majistracy
(hears minor civil cases and summary criminal cases)
Tunisia:
Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation
Turkey:
Constitutional Court (judges are appointed by the
president); Court of Appeals (judges are elected by the Supreme
Council of Judges and Prosecutors)
Turkmenistan:
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Turks and Caicos Islands:
Supreme Court
Tuvalu:
High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside
over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of
Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)
Uganda:
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and
approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by
the president)
Ukraine:
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
United Arab Emirates:
Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by
the president)
United Kingdom:
House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life);
Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising
the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown
Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
United States:
Supreme Court (its nine justices are appointed for
life by the president with confirmation by the Senate); United
States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and
County Courts
Uruguay:
Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and
elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)
Uzbekistan:
Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and
confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)
Vanuatu:
Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the presid
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