visitation books. Hist. Books compiled by the heralds, when royal progresses were solemnly and regularly made into every part of the kingdom, to inquire into the state of families and to register whatever marriages and descents were verified to them upon oath.
right of visitation. 1. VISITATION RIGHT. 2. RIGHT OF SEARCH.
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ex visitatione Dei (eks viz-[schwa]-tay-shee-oh-nee dee-I). [Latin] 1. By the dispensation of God; by reason of physical incapacity. • Anciently, when a prisoner who was being arraigned stood silently instead of pleading, a jury was impaneled to inquire whether the prisoner obstinately stood mute or was dumb ex visitatione Dei. 2. By natural causes as
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visitation credit. Family law. A child-support reduction that reflects the amount of time the child lives with the noncustodial parent.
Visitation, usu. for a parent who has been absent from the child’s life, that begins on a very limited basis and increases as the child comes to know the parent. — Also termed step-up visitation.
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ex visitatione Dei 〈拉〉 (1)基于上天的安排 指由于先天性的缺陷。旧时诉讼中，当犯人被传讯却保持沉默而不作答辩时，就要组成陪审团来调查他是否故意拒绝答辩或先天就是哑巴。 (2)由于自然的原因 以区别于暴力等其他原因。当验尸官经调查发现死亡是由于疾病或其他自然原因造成时，通常即称为「因自然的原因」而死亡。
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visitation (viz-[schwa]-tay-sh[schwa]n). 1. Inspection; superintendence; direction; regulation. 2. Family law. A relative’s, esp. a noncustodial parent’s, period of access to a child. — Also termed parental access; access; parenting time; residential time. [Cases: Child Custody 175–231.] 3. The process of inquiring into and correcting corporate irregularities. [Cases: Corporations 394. C.J.S. Corporations § 582.] 4. VISIT.
A grandparent’s court-approved access to a grandchild. • The Supreme Court recently limited a grandparent’s right to have visitation with his or her grandchild if the parent objects, citing a parent’s fundamental right to raise his or her child and to make all decisions concerning the child free from state intervention absent a threat to
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Visitation, usu. court-ordered, in which a parent may visit with the child or children only in the presence of some other individual. • A court may order supervised visitation when the visiting parent is known or believed to be prone to physical abuse, sexual abuse, or violence. — Also termed restricted visitation.
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