VISIT

In international law. The right of visit or visitation is the right of a cruiser or warship to stop a vessel sailing under another flag on the high seas and send an officer to such vessel to ascertain whether her nationality is what it purports to be. It is exercisable only when suspicious circumstances attend the vessel to be visited; as when she is suspected of a piratical … [Read more...] about VISIT

An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on bin journey. Webster. … [Read more...] about VISE’

A decree of English nobility, next below that of earl. An old title of the sheriff. … [Read more...] about VISCOUNT

A program allowing persons from certain foreign countries to visit the United States as a tourist without a visa for up to 90 days and receive an I-94 card. They may not extend their stay or change their status. … [Read more...] about VISA WAIVER PROGRAM

(A) civ. law. The formula put upon an act; a register; a commercial book, in order to approve of it and authenticate it. (B) The stamped placed in the passport of foreigners by a U.S. Consulate Official in their foreign country that allows the holder of the visa to enter the United States, designated as either an immigrant visa or nonimmigrant visa. An official Indorsement npon … [Read more...] about VISA