grandfather-clause

英[ɡ'rænfɑːðərkl'ɔːz] 美[ɡ'rænfɑːðərkl'ɔːz]
  • [法]不追溯条款,祖父条款
  • complex adj.复杂的;合成的;复合的n.综合体;复合体;[医]综合症状;[心]情结
  • grandfather n.(外)祖父v.使…不受新法律制约
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