Inspection
Inspection , noun
[Latin inspectio: compare French 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.
2.
The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence.
Collocations (1)
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