Visitorial
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an official visitation not-comparable
"The court, he wrote, has always understood that visitorial powers are “quite separate” from the power to enforce the law, and the attorney general was acting in the role of “sovereign-as-law-enforcer” in seeking the information."
Example
More examples"The court, he wrote, has always understood that visitorial powers are “quite separate” from the power to enforce the law, and the attorney general was acting in the role of “sovereign-as-law-enforcer” in seeking the information."
Etymology
From visitor + -ial.