\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.