grandfather-clause

英 [ɡ'rænfɑːðərkl'ɔːz] 美 [ɡ'rænfɑːðərkl'ɔːz]

• [法] 不追溯条款, 祖父条款

英英释义

名词 grandfather clause:

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