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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: grandfather clauseOne entry found. Main Entry: grandfather clause Function: noun Date: 1900 : a clause creating an exemption based on circumstances previously existing; especially : a provision in several southern state constitutions designed to enfranchise poor whites and disenfranchise blacks by waiving high voting requirements for descendants of men voting before 1867 
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