Wiktionary:Word of the day/April 9

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Word of the day
for April 9
grandfather v
  1. (transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain existing laws or rules for (a person or organization previously affected by them).
  2. (intransitive, chiefly US, law) To retain existing laws or rules only for people or organizations previously affected by them, and to apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.

To mark World Health Day on 7 April and the benefits of being active, we are featuring a series of action words or verbs. The tongue-in-cheek International Be Kind to Lawyers Day also falls on this day in 2019, the second Tuesday of April.

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