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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to an official visitor or visit.
- adjective Having the right or power of visitation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging or pertaining to a judicial visitor or visitation: as, visitatorial power; hence, pertaining to any authorized inspector or examination: as, a health officer's visitatorial work or authority. Also
visitorial .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to visitation, or a judicial visitor or superintendent; visitorial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
visitorial
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Examples
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As a creature of the State, for example, corporations traditionally lack 4th-amendment rights to be free of unlawful search, due to the rather expansive visitatorial powers of their constitutor, which have been upheld.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Constitutional Rights and Corporations: 2009
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As a creature of the State, for example, corporations traditionally lack 4th-amendment rights to be free of unlawful search, due to the rather expansive visitatorial powers of their constitutor, which have been upheld.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Constitutional Rights and Corporations: 2009
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“Much more danger of arbitrary action has arisen” under administrators, he warned, “than exercise of the visitatorial jurisdiction by the courts could possibly carry with it.”
Archive 2008-09-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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“Much more danger of arbitrary action has arisen” under administrators, he warned, “than exercise of the visitatorial jurisdiction by the courts could possibly carry with it.”
Pound at Large and at Bay Dan Ernst 2008
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As 'Supreme Head of the Church' Henry VIII. renewed the visitatorial authority of the
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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The Governors resented, too, the visitatorial power of the Royal Institution.
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916
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Other clauses in the amendment provided that all Statutes and Rules of the College could be approved by the Governor-General at his discretion without transmission to England; and that the visitatorial power be transferred from the Royal Institution and vested in the
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916
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Institution determined to exercise their visitatorial power and to make an investigation.
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916
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Regulation XVII of 1827 gave to the collector a visitatorial power enabling him to enforce an honest and proper administration of religious endowments.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The visitation opened apparently in the summer of 1535, although the visitatorial powers of the bishops were not suspended until the eighteenth of the following September.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
qms commented on the word visitatorial
At beauty fests times immemorial
He claimed rights visitatorial
And cheekily breached
The dressing room niche
As though he had privilege seigneurial.
December 14, 2018