inspectorshipn.
/ɪnˈspɛktəʃɪp/, U.S. /ᵻnˈspɛktərˌʃɪp/ The office or position of an inspector; inspectorate. Also as a mock title.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > inspector > position of
inspectorship1753
inspectorate1898
society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > inspector > as mock title
inspectorship1753
society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > inspector > position of
searchership1462
inspectorship1753
inspectorate1898
1753 C. Smart Hilliad Notes, in Poems (1810) 51 His Inspectorship has the most notable talent at a motto.
1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 52 He was not admitted to his Inspectorship of Dry Stores, till he had passed his Examination.
1864 Spectator 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.
1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 July 106 Inspectorships of public health.
Compounds
inspectorship deed n. (also deed of inspectorship) see quots. and cf. inspection n. 1.
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society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document giving legal authority > specific
brevea1400
letter of procuracya1425
procuracy1425
letter of attorney1432
allocate1438
procurationc1450
proxyc1460
warrant of attorney1512
letters of procuration1574
promotorial letters?c1633
factory1703
power of agency1710
power of attorney1716
inspectorship deed1861
letter of business1862
1861 Act 24 & 25 Victoria c. 134 §191 As to Trust Deeds for Benefit of Creditors, Composition and Inspectorship Deeds executed by a Debtor.
1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (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.
1902 Encycl. 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.
1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law I. 980/2 Inspectorship, Deed of,..the repealed Bankruptcy Act, 1869.
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