Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inspecttion \In*spect"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.