right of visitation
1right of visitation — See visitation …
2right of visitation and search — see right of visit …
3visitation — n. 1 an official visit of inspection, esp. a bishop s examination of a church in his diocese. 2 trouble or difficulty regarded as a divine punishment. 3 (Visitation) a the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth related in Luke 1:39 56. b the… …
4Right of visit — Visit Vis it, n. [Cf. F. visite. See {Visit}, v. t., and cf. {Visite}.] 1. The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of… …
5right of visit — or right of visit and search or right of visitation and search : right of search * * * right of visit or right of visit and search, Especially British. right of search …
6Visitation Order — • The nuns of the Visitation of Mary, called also Filles de Sainte Marie, Visitandines, and Salesian Sisters, were founded in 1610 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Visitation Order Visitation Order …
7Visitation — Vis it*a tion, n. [L. visitatio: cf. F. visitation.] 1. The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination. [1913 Webster] Nothing but peace and gentle visitation. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: The… …
8Visitation — may refer to: In law:* In United States Law, the term for the right of a non custodial parent to visit with their children, elsewhere known as Contact (law)* An official visit, usually for purposes of inspection, and the record of that visit.… …
9visitation rights — n. Rights granted to divorced parents without custody to visit their children, and occasionally granted to grandparents as well. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.… …
10visitation — once a formal word for visit, is now largely confined to special meanings such as official visits of inspection and an affliction attributed to some supernatural agency or other. In AmE visitation also refers to the right granted by a court to a… …