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.