grandfather clause
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n.A clause in a new statute that exempts those who are already engaged in the enterprise or activity it regulates from the new requirements.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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1) A provision in a new law that limits its application to individuals or businesses that are new to the system, while those already in the system are exempt from the new regulation. For example, when Washington, DC, raised its drinking age from 18 to 21, people between those ages, who could drink under the old law, were allowed to retain the right to legally consume alcohol under a grandfather clause.2) A provision of several Southern states' constitutions in the late 1800s designed to to keep blacks from voting; now unconstitutional, these grandfather clauses denied the vote to people who were illiterate or did not own property, unless their descendants had voted before 1867.Category: Business, LLCs & CorporationsCategory: Personal Finance & RetirementCategory: Real Estate & Rental PropertyCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. A legislative provision stating that anyone who has previously enjoyed a particular status may continue to do so, despite a change in the applicable law or rules denying that status to anyone newly applying for it.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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A portion of a statute that provides that the law is not applicable in certain circumstances due to preexisting facts.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A portion of a statute that provides that the law is not applicable in certain circumstances due to preexisting facts.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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