visitation

A form of personal inquiry whereby an administrative agency exercises investigatory or inquisitorial powers, particularly in reference to public institutions such as state hospitals, prisons, and reformatories. 1 Am J2d Admin L § 85. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. 19 Am J2d Corp § 1441. The right, referred to in earlier cases, of the founder of a charity or his heirs to a judicial investigation into alleged mismanagement of the trust property. 15 Am J2d Char § 113. The exercise of control by the founder or founders of a college or university over the management of the affairs of the institution. 15 Am J2d Colleges § 10. The right of a parent to visit his child who is in the custody of the guardian, An no: 6 A LR 1150, 1151. The right of divorced parent denied the custody of a minor child to visit such child at such times and places as the court may fix in its decree. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 801. The right provided by a decree annulling a marriage and granting the custody of a child to one of the parties, whereby the other is permitted to visit such child. 4 Am J2d Annul § 103. The right of friends or relatives of an insane person to visit him in the institution in which he is confined. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins Per § 37. The privilege accorded relatives of a person confined in a penal institution of visiting him there.