| 单词 | grandfather clause |
| 释义 | grandfather clause grandfather clause n.（名词）1. A provision in a statute that exempts those already involved in a regulated activity or business from the new regulations established by the statute.不溯既往条款：一项法规条款，对法规所定新规则所涉及的业已存在的活动或事务免予追究2. A clause in the constitutions of several southern states before the year 1915, intended to disfranchise Black people by exempting from stringent voting requirements all lineal descendants of persons who were registered voters before 1867.祖父条款：1915年以前南方几个州的法律条款，其目的是通过严格的选举限制将黑人排除在1867年前注册选民的全部直系后裔之外来剥夺其选举权 |
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