Visitorial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Visitorial is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an official visitation.
Meaning
Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an official visitation.
Example Sentences
The court, he wrote, has always understood that visitorial powers are “quite separate” from the power to enforce the law, and the attorney general was acting in the role of “sovereign-as-law-enforcer” in seeking the information.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include visitational, invitatory, viceregal, viatic, viatical, inspectional.
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