Inspection

An examination; a looking at; a view; an of Scial examination of commodities or manufactures, to ascertain their quality; an examination of books or of writings not under seal, in the possession of the opposite party, which a party may have, on obtaining a rule of court or a judge's order for the purpose.

In old English law

A mode of trial, by which the judges of a court decided a point in dispute, upon the testimony of their own senses, without the intervention of a jury.