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• n  an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War

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• End exemptionson sprinklers
  Back-to-back infernos in the past week at a motel in Point Pleasant Beach and a school in Edison are fresh, tragic reminders of the need to end the grandfather clause that exempts the state’s motels, schools and other buildings constructed before 2006 from having to install sprinkler systems.
  March 29, 2014 - MyCentralJersey.com