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grandfather clause |
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grandfather clause Any policy or rule that exempts a group of individuals, organizations, or drugs, from meeting new standards or regulations; eg when a new subspecialty board in internal medicine is created, the physicians practicing in that
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But when some business improvement districts, neighborhood councils and others got wind of the plan, which would have grandfathered in many racks that were illegally placed and made other changes favorable to the publishers, they began a fierce lobbying campaign. He would also like to see all RAMs be grandfathered in. This is the general rule of thumb under federal law although an exception was introduced in 1986 that grandfathered in existing wine labels that didn't meet the geographic requirement. |
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