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To retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organisations

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{n} a father's or mother's father

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– An allowance for older businesses to continue operating for a time under conditions that were permitted at the time these businesses were subject to other regulations

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A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent

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{i} father of one's father or mother

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The father of someone's parent

the father of your father or mother

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– Version of a file prior to the father version

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In three-generation backup, the oldest copy of the file 13 16

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v To exempt a person or company from new laws or regulations based on circumstances that existed in the past Example: A travel agency might decide to cut outside agents' share of total commissions earned from 60% to 50%, but grandfather those agents with whom it is already working If that were the case, agents already on the books would continue to earn 60%, while new agents would be paid 50%

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Your grandfather is the father of your father or mother. His grandfather was a professor. S3 the father of your father or mother

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dziadek [JAH-dehk] I'm most familiar with this word in the form of the less-formal, more-friendly variant dziadzia [JAH-JAH], kind of like the English word "grandpa " (When I wrote that pronunciation, the thought of that horrible Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks came to mind Cringe ) I have to admit, even though I grew up in the same household with my [maternal] grandfather , I never called him by the Polish word for "grandfather " I always called him by the English word, even though he seldom spoke English Date of entry: 4 April 2000

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