2008 Banned Words

Clodfobble · 01-15-2008, 10:24 PM

A couple of different dictionaries seem to imply that "visiting" is of an indeterminate length of time, while "visitation" is a single instance of a visit. A "visiting professor," for example, comes for a couple of years, and then leaves, rather than coming back and forth on a regular basis.

But etymology of it notwithstanding, "visitation" is the official legal term in all American custody cases and is almost never used in any other context.

01-15-2008, 10:24 PM	#21
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	A couple of different dictionaries seem to imply that "visiting" is of an indeterminate length of time, while "visitation" is a single instance of a visit. A "visiting professor," for example, comes for a couple of years, and then leaves, rather than coming back and forth on a regular basis. But etymology of it notwithstanding, "visitation" is the official legal term in all American custody cases and is almost never used in any other context.

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