01 n. The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.
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1.
The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation.“With narrow search, and with inspection deep, Considered every creature.” — Milton.
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2.
The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
Phrases & compounds
Trial by inspection —
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.