| LegalDictionaries.org |
|
|
|
|
Dictionaries by Category
|
| Definition Of: |
Grandfather clause
A provision exempting persons or other entities already engaged in an activity from rules or legislation affecting that activity.
Grandfather clauses sometimes are added to legislation in order to avoid antagonizing groups with established interests in the activities affected.
A provision permitting persons engaged in an activitybefore passage of a law affecting that activity to receive a license orprerogative without the necessity of fulfilling all that is legally required ofpersons subsequently undertaking the same activity.
|
| |
General Law INDEX:
List of Terms: Terms beginning with "A", Page 1 |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A: Page 1 of 30.
|
|
|
|
|
| Copyright 2008, LegalDictionaries.org. All rights reserved. |
|
|
