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1. (n.) grandfather clause
a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states before 1915 intended to permit whites to vote while disfranchising blacks: it exempted the descendants of those who voted before 1867 from new rigid qualifications.
2. grandfather clause
any legal provision that exempts a business, class of persons, etc., from a new regulation that would affect prior rights and privileges.
Etymology: (1895–1900, Amer.)
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1. (noun) grandfather clause
an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
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