兩術(shù)語(yǔ)經(jīng)常被人混淆。盡管access本身有“進(jìn)入、通過”等含義(to enter，approach，pass to and from a place，a landowner's legal right to pass from her or his land to a highway and to return without being obstructed[1] )，但 access right 卻是家庭法上的術(shù)語(yǔ)，指離婚父（母）對(duì)不屬于他（她）監(jiān)護(hù)的子女的“探視權(quán)”或“探望權(quán)”（A right, granted in an order or agreement, of access to or visitation of a child. Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, R. S. C.，1985，c. 4, s. 2 [2]），而非有些詞典中所說的“出入權(quán)”或“通行權(quán)”。真正的“通行權(quán)” 正是right of way，其屬于地役權(quán)（easement)的一種，及在他人擁有的土地上通行經(jīng)過的權(quán)利（A person's legal right，established by usage or by contract，to pass through grounds or property owned by another。[3])。
 
[1 ] Cf. Linda Picard Wood, J. D. , Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Law, at p. 6, Meniam-Webster, Incorporated, Springfield, Massachusetts (1996).
[2 ]Cf. Daphne Dukelow, The Dictionary of Canadian Law, at p. 788, Thomson Professional Publishing Canada (1991).
[3 ]Cf. Bryan A. Gamer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th edition, at p. 1588，West Group (1999).