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Grandfather clause
/grˈændfˌɑðər
klɔz/
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Grandfather clause
noun
1.
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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exemption
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freedom
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