Visitation
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VISITATION. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation.
2. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and
eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Com. 480; 2 Kid on Corp. 174. The
visitation of civil corporations is by the government itself, through the
medium of the courts of justice Vide 2 Kent, Com. 240.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.