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Inspection \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.
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With narrow search, and with inspection deep,
Considered every creature. --Milton.
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2. The act of overseeing; official examination or
superintendence.
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{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.
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