What are grandfather clauses?

The grandfather clause was a law that said anyone whose grandfather could vote could vote then, so even if a white was poor and couldn't pay poll taxes, and dumb and couldn't pass a literacy test,...

It said if your grandfather could vote, so could you.

It can't be abolished. They tried to abolish it once, but it's been grandfathered in under the grandfather clause.

A Grandfather Clause is a provision allowing something that existed to continue to exist, even though a new code or law is being passed making something illegal. An example would be a new electrical...

what is the grandfather clause in Indiana on common law marrages.