Definition of "visitorial" []

• Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an official visitation (adjective)

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• "Justice Scalia's opinion distinguishes between "visitorial" and "prosecutorial" power over national banks."
• "Mr. Scalia argues that while the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has sole visitorial power over federal banks, state AGs may nonetheless "prosecute" those banks for violations of state law."
• "By visitorial he means the power to demand whatever information may be necessary to regulate an institution."