visitation
- noun
- /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/
- Formal
- The judge granted him visitation rights every weekend to see his children.
- custody and visitation
- visitation rights
- child visitation
Because if he wanted a visitation with her, he would go back to court.
- Because if he wanted a visitation with her, he would go back to court.
- I would fight to the bitter end to make sure that I had equal visitation with my dogs.
- Then I get on the road to Indiana to go see my my kids for summer visitation.
Examples
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I was only given visitation rights to my own settlement.
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Nurses also felt that visitation had several benefits for family members.
Academic text (2007) -
Because if he wanted a visitation with her, he would go back to court.
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Hey, maybe get more visitation time with Adam.
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I forgot to tell you that I told him you would do visitation at the hospital tonight.
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Another stated problem exists with biological parents' visitation and not enough financial support.
Academic text (2008) -
Mr. Hillard will have visitation rights every Saturday.
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My father became interested in visitation rights about the time we moved to Slaughter.
Fiction book (1998) -
So the ongoing hassling is over child visitation and child custody issues.
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A recent court case can be viewed as a setback for grandparents seeking visitation rights.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
A right given by a court to see a child you do not live with
Antonyms
Compounds
- NSFW
A private visit in prison where a person sees their spouse for sexual contact
Permission for a prisoner to have private visits with their spouse for sex
How Accessible
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Visitation comes from the Latin visitare, 'to go and see', and is the same root as visit, so in law a 'visitation' is the right or arranged time for someone to go and see a person who is in another's care.