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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

ex visitatione Dei

[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 opposed to violent ones. ( This phrase sometimes appears in a coroner's report when death results from a disease or another natural cause.

right of visitation

1. VISITATION RIGHT. 2. RIGHT OF SEARCH.

right of visitation and search.

See RIGHT OF SEARCH.

visitation

1. Inspection; superintendence; direction; regulation. 2. Family law. A noncustodial parent's period of access to a child. ( While the noncustodial parent is responsible for the care of the child during visits, visitation differs from custody because noncustodial parent and child do not live together as a family unit. 3. The process of inquiring into and correcting corporate irregularities. 4. VISIT.

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.

visitation order

An order establishing the visiting times for a noncustodial parent with his or her children.

visitation right

1. Family law. A noncustodial parent's or grandparent's court-ordered privilege of spending time with a child or grandchild who is living with another person, usu. the custodial parent. 2. Int'l law. A belligerent nation's right to go upon and search a neutral vessel to find out whether it is carrying contraband or is otherwise engaged in nonneutral service. ( If it is doing either of these things, the searchers may seize the contraband and carry out an appropriate punishment. - Also termed right of visitation. Visitatorial (viz-a-ta-tor-ee-al), adj. See VISITORIAL.