grandfather rights
noun[plural]
LAWUSukus→grandfather clause
Examplesofgrandfather rights
grandfather rights
Before this time it had simply taken over thegrandfatherrightsof its former owners.
From
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those exempt from the new rule are said to have "grandfatherrights" or "acquired rights".
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is essential to takegrandfatherrightsinto account in relation to slots, but this must not lead to slots being bought and sold.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Of course, the 'grandfatherrights' of the existing airlines are to be safeguarded, but only to some extent.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There we had an exciting time, with allusions to polecats, blue herrings andgrandfatherrights, which took us into all sorts of flights of fancy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is known as thegrandfatherrightsissue.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
My final question, therefore, is this: are suchgrandfatherrightsavailable in this case?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He asked whethergrandfatherrightswere covered, and the answer is yes.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The reply failed to justify the level of the fee or to answer the points aboutgrandfatherrights.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
However, it should certainly persist in its imposition of the principle ofgrandfatherrightsover the allocation of slots.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
- scientific
- scientific accomplishment
- scientific accuracy
- scientific achievement
- scientific advancement
- scientific adviser
- scientifically
- scientific approach
- scientific basis
- scientific breakthrough
- scientific certainty
- scientific circles
- scientific committee
- scientific concept
- scientific consensus
- scientific controversy
- scientific curiosity
- scientific description
- scientific discipline
- scientific discourse
- scientific discovery
- scientific documentation
- scientific documentation
- scientific endeavour
- scientific enterprise