| 词汇 | grandfather-clause |
| 释义 | grandfather clause noun[ C ] LAW USukus(alsograndfather provision); (alsograndfather rights[ plural ]) a part of a new law or rule that allows someone to continue to do or to have something that a new law or rule makes illegal: The grandfather clause applies only until offenders voluntarily move or sell their homes. The older buildings are exempt from those rules under a grandfather clause. Examples of grandfather clausegrandfather clause Several teams were inadvertently permitted a grandfatherclause to play without screening, leading to a few problems. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The new constitution contained voter registration requirements such as: literacy tests, property requirements, and a grandfatherclause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In most countries the legislation includes a grandfatherclause, authorising established self-taught architects to continue practicing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although the decision affected all states that used the grandfatherclause, state legislatures quickly employed new devices to continue disfranchisement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The grandfatherclause effectively denied all freedmen the ability to vote. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The school was not legally bound to comply with all 1958 fire safety codes due to a grandfatherclause in the 1949 standards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its distinctive feature was the good character clause (also known as the grandfatherclause). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Those with sleeves already are protected under a grandfatherclause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It found grandfatherclause exemptions to literacy tests to be unconstitutional. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Under a grandfatherclause, banks that already had titles incorporating those words were allowed to keep them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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