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inspectorship|ɪnˈspɛktəʃɪp|
[f. inspector + -ship.]
a. The office or position of an inspector; inspectorate. Also as a mock title.
1753C. Smart Hiliad Notes, Poems (1810) 51 His Inspectorship has the most notable talent at a motto. 1757W. Thompson R.N. Advoc. 52 He was not admitted to his Inspectorship of Dry Stores, till he had passed his Examination. 1864Spectator 20 Aug. 970/2 As for a regular State inspectorship of endowed schools, we shall have it doubtless in Paradise, but not in this world. 1899Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 July 106 Inspectorships of public health.
b. attrib., as inspectorship deed (also deed of inspectorship), see quots. and cf. inspection 1.
1861Act 24 & 25 Vict. c. 134 §191 As to Trust Deeds for Benefit of Creditors, Composition and Inspectorship Deeds executed by a Debtor. 1883Wharton's Law Lex. (ed. 7) 419/2 Inspectorship, Deed of, an instrument entered into between an insolvent debtor and his creditors, appointing one or more person or persons to inspect and oversee the winding up of such insolvent's affairs on behalf of the creditors. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXX. 151/2 Estates, however, continued to be wound up under deeds of arrangement, whether in the form of an assignment, or composition, or inspectorship deed. 1959Jowitt Dict. Eng. Law I. 980/2 Inspectorship, Deed of,..the repealed Bankruptcy Act, 1869. |