super-majority
Noun
Meaning
super-majority (plural super-majorities)
Alternative form of supermajority.
Alternative names
super majority
Examples
Thirteen Senators are nominated on the advice of the prime minister and eight on the advice of the leader of the opposition ; a two-thirds super-majority of both chambers is needed for major constitutional amendments.
Rooney; Halaas and Masich, 2007, p. 78. In order to do this, they had to agree in a vote that required a super-majority.
As changes to the Bank's Charter require an 85% super-majority, the US can block any major change in the Bank's governing structure.
Other proposals have suggested a Court super-majority to overturn Congressional legislation, or a Constitutional Amendment to require that the Justices retire at a specified age by law.