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ˈgrand·fa·ther clause N Am COMM, FIN

grandfather clause

Besitzstandregelung f (eine Vertragsklausel, die sich nur auf zukünftige Gegebenheiten, nicht jedoch auf bereits bestehende bezieht)

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Its distinctive feature was the good character clause (also known as the grandfather clause). en.wikipedia.org

Under a grandfather clause, banks that already had titles incorporating those words were allowed to keep them. en.wikipedia.org

It found grandfather clause exemptions to literacy tests to be unconstitutional. en.wikipedia.org

The grandfather clause effectively denied all freedmen the ability to vote. en.wikipedia.org

Although the decision affected all states that used the grandfather clause, state legislatures quickly employed new devices to continue disfranchisement. en.wikipedia.org

However, her citizenship is quickly restored after the discovery of a grandfather clause in the law. en.wikipedia.org

At the time, most medical practitioners were unable to meet the stringent standards, so a grandfather clause was included. en.wikipedia.org

Parliament also provided a special grandfather clause allowing those works already published to enjoy twenty-one years of protection. en.wikipedia.org

Those with sleeves already are protected under a grandfather clause. en.wikipedia.org

Several teams were inadvertently permitted a grandfather clause to play without screening, leading to a few problems. en.wikipedia.org

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