n. 1) a clause in a statute or zoning ordinance (particularly a c...

A person or business can sometimes be "grandfathered" or exempt from a new rule if they are already engaged in the activity coming under regulation.

A provision in a new law which allows the person or business already engaged in the activity, which may have been made illegal, to continue to be so engaged.

Cláusula de Abuelo (Procedimiento legal para contemplar o autorizar

An exemption to a new law which accommodates already existing entities (metaphoric grandfathers) not having to comply. Eg: existing buildings not needing restructuring to accommodate new building / environmental codes. A law increasing the drinking age from 18 to 21 but exempting those under 21 who were already entitled to consume alcohol. In 2004 [..]

A provision exempting persons or other entities already engaged in an activity from new rules or legislation affecting that activity. Grandfather clauses sometimes are added to legislation to avoid an [..]

A "grandfather clause" allows an activity to continue that was once considered acceptable or legal, but has since had the rules or laws changed.  An example of this is when a building once allowed pets, but subsequently changed the House Rules to not allow pets.  The existing tenants or owners are allowed to keep their pets, but n [..]

A provision in an agreement, including the GATT but not the WTO, that allows signatories to keep certain of their previously existing laws that otherwise would violate the agreement.

1) A provision in a new law that limits its application to individuals or businesses that are new to the system, while those already in the system are exempt from the new regulation. For example, when [..]

Definition Allowable continuance, based on practice prior to legislation, of a practice now forbidden by new legislation.

Inserted in a bill making provisions nonapplicable to activities or personnel involved prior to the enactment of the new legislation.

a clause creating an exemption (as from a law or regulation) based on circumstances previously existing ;specif : a provision inserted in the constitutions of some southern states after the Civil ...

A provision that enabled motor carriers engaged in lawful trucking operations before the passage of the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 to secure common carrier authority w/o proving public convenience and [..]

Grandfather clause is a contractual or statutory provision exempting persons or other entities already engaged in an activity from rules or legislation affecting that activity. It is an exemption base [..]

A clause protecting a prerogative of an individual or a collectivity from being affected by the new legislation.

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) provision that allows the original contracting parties to exempt from general GATT obligations mandatory domestic legislation which is inconsistent wi [..]

A clause in GATT which allowed participants to continue maintaining their domestic legislation that had been in effect before agreements were signed, although the legislation might have been inconsist [..]

n. cláusula de exención por derechos adquiridos

A provision of law exempting certain parties from changed or increased standards of a new law; it is often used in statutes governing certification, contract, and retirement requirements. A clause or provision may be referred to as being "grandfathered-in."

A clause in a contract which maintains the prior rule or policy where a new rule or policy would otherwise be applicable.

A clause or section, especially in a law, granting exceptions for people or organisations who were affected by previous conditions. ''Many building codes include a grandfather clause exempting old [..]