grandfathering
Preserving existing rights
Grandfathering is exempting existing cases from new rules or requirements.
When regulations change, those already engaged in an activity may be grandfathered in—allowed to continue under the old rules: The new licensing requirements don't apply to current practitioners; they're grandfathered in.
The term comes from post-Civil War voting restrictions that exempted men whose grandfathers could vote, effectively excluding Black citizens while protecting white ones.
Sectioning areas by use
- nonconformingNot adhering to norms
- vested rightsLegally protected permanent interests
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
compliance · provision · amendment · statutory · enactment · codification · entitlement · land use
Formal surrender of rights
- immunityProtected from harm
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- carve-outExempted portion or provision
- loopholeExploitable gap in rules
exempt · safe harbor · variance · special treatment · amnesty · moratorium · reprieve · noncompliance
Maintaining something's condition
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- perpetuationMaking something endure
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- stabilityResistance to displacement
tradition · extension · sustaining · endurance · tenure · constancy · prolongation · succession
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- family treeChart of ancestors
genealogy · bloodline · descent · elders · patriarchs · matriarchs · generational · ancestral
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- nonconformingNot adhering to norms
- vested rightsLegally protected permanent interests
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
ordinance · compliance · provision · amendment · statutory · enactment · codification · entitlement · land use · building code
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- immunityProtected from harm
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- carve-outExempted portion or provision
loophole · exempt · safe harbor · variance · special treatment · amnesty · moratorium · reprieve · noncompliance · derogation
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- perpetuationMaking something endure
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
stability · tradition · extension · sustaining · endurance · tenure · constancy · prolongation · succession · unchanged
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
family tree · genealogy · bloodline · descent · elders · patriarchs · matriarchs · generational · ancestral · roots
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- eligibilityeligible, ineligible, eligibility, eligibility criteria, qualified
- exemptionsexemption, tax exemption, medical exemption, religious exemption, tax exempt
- housing rulesrent control, fair housing, zoning, tenant rights, eviction laws
- urban planningcity planning, zoning map, master plans, zones, zoning reform
- phase-outssunset, wind-down, discontinuation, sunset clause, termination
grandfatheringno exceptions
Universal application, none spared
sunset clause · phase-out · sunsetting · new · modernization
grandfatheringdiscontinuation
Formal ending of something
disruption · overhaul · clean slate · fresh start · tabula rasa
grandfather, grandfather clause, grandfathers, forefather, forefathers, grandfathered, great-grandfather, great-grandfathers, grandfatherly