visitation right
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6.1
- noun
- /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən raɪt/
- Formal
:
derecho de visitas
- After their divorce, John was granted visitation rights to see his daughter every weekend.
- fathers with visitation rights
Examples
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When it is not, noncustodial parents should enjoy the most liberal possible visitation rights, and those rights should be strictly enforced.
Academic text (1996) -
Of course, I would want visitation rights.
Fiction book (1997) -
But I have visitation rights.
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Okay, then let's talk about coming up with a schedule for visitation rights.
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Mr. Hillard will have visitation rights every Saturday.
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Mr Calvin, as of today, all of your visitation rights are suspended... pending a hearing after the first of the year.
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You know you don't even have visitation rights, Bryan.
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Not respecting the custody agreement might lead to losing any custody or visitation rights you have.
Blog text (4) -
A recent court case can be viewed as a setback for grandparents seeking visitation rights.
Academic text (2003) -
Mom has reported that her ex-husband has rarely utilized his visitation rights, and the Thanksgiving visitation with Dad was court-ordered.
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
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5.4
A court order that lets someone see a child who lives with another parent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'visitation' (permission to visit) with 'right' (a legal entitlement); together they plainly denote a legal entitlement to visit someone. This is a literal, compositional legal noun phrase following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Visitation right comes from the old idea of an official visit, where visitation meant a formal 'visit' and right meant permission. So a visitation right is a court permission that lets a parent 'visit' a child who does not live with them, which is why it means a legal right to see the child.