In*spec"tion (?), n. [L. inspectio: cf. F. inspection.]
1. The act or process of inspecting or looking at
carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation. Spenser.
With narrow search, and with inspection deep,
Considered every creature.
Milton.
2. The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
Trial by inspection (O. Eng. Law), a mode of trial
in which the case was
settled by the individual observation and decision of the judge upon the testimony of his own senses, without the intervention of a jury. Abbott.
Hear it pronounced