'Trial by inspection' definitions:
Definition of 'Trial by inspection'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- With narrow search, and with inspection deep, Considered every creature. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of overseeing; official examination or superintendence. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]