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plural form of grandfather clause

A clause or section, especially in a law, granting exceptions for people or organisations who were affected by previous conditions

Many building codes include a grandfather clause exempting older buildings until some amount of remodeling occurs.

grandfather clauses

Alternative form of grandfather clock

A longcase clock

grandfather's clock

grandfather's clocks

plural form of grandfather's clock

grandfather-in-law

A grandfather of one's spouse

A clause in the constitutions of several southern states before the year 1915, intended to disfranchise African Americans by exempting from stringent voting requirements all lineal descendants of persons who were registered voters before 1867

A provision in a statute that exempts those already involved in a regulated activity or business from the new regulations established by the statute

Constitutional provision enacted by seven Southern U.S. states (1895-1910) to deny suffrage to African American men. It exempted descendants of men who voted before 1867 from meeting new literacy and property requirements. Since African American men were not granted voting rights until passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, this clause effectively prevented them, and many impoverished and illiterate whites, from voting. The U.S. Supreme Court declared such clauses unconstitutional in 1915

an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in US south after the Civil War

A grandfather clock is an old-fashioned type of clock in a tall wooden case which stands upright on the floor. A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall, narrow cabinet. an old-fashioned tall clock which stands on the floor

tall pendulum clock which stands on the floor

a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case

great-grandfather

The father of a grandparent

great grandfather

a father of your grandparent

great grandfather

grandfather of one's own parents, father of one's grandmother or grandfather

great great grandfather

grandfather of one's grandfather

co-grandfather

the father of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandfather of their children; the relationship between men who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandfather vis-à-vis paternal grandfather

co-grandfather-in-law

the grandfather of one's grandson- or granddaughter-in-law; that is, the grandfather of one spouse in relation to the grandparents of the other spouse

in plural The relationship between men whose grandchildren marry each other; the grandfather of the bride vis-à-vis the grandfather of the groom.

maternal grandfather

The father of one's mother

A term used to describe individuals or entities that are exempted from a new rule, most commonly using a cut-off date to determine application of the new rule

A term used to describe a benefit provision or right that is carried forward from a preceding plan to a new or revised plan, but only for those who were covered under that preceding provision

Drugs on the market before 1938 Devices on the market before 1976

past of grandfather

A benefit plan by which an individual maintains the right to receive benefits, income, or other treatment by an employer that was appropriate when he/she was hired, but which has subsequently been changed for more recently hired employees

An allowance that permits emitters that existed before new limits took effect to continue their previous levels of emissions while start-up sources must meet new standards

When a preexisting situation is exempted from the requirements of a new law

present participle of grandfather

A term used to describe an exemption from an Air Use Permit for equipment that meets two requirements: 1) installed prior to the passage of Michigan Air Quality Rule 201 in August 15, 1967, and 2) has never been modified

When rules change, current participants remain unaffected and the new rules only apply to new participants

An exemption based on circumstances previously existing Under the NFIP, buildings located in Emergency Program communities and Pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map buildings in the Regular Program are eligible for subsidized flood insurance rates Post-Flood Insurance Rate Map buildings in the Regular Program built in compliance with the floodplain management regulations in effect at the start of construction will continue to have favorable rate treatment even though higher base flood elevations or more restrictive, greater risk zone designations result from Flood Insurance Rate Map revisions