Spe"cial*ty (?), n.; pl.
Specialties (#). [F.
spécialité. Cf. Speciality.]
1. Particularity.
Specialty of rule hath been
neglected.
Shak.
2. A particular or peculiar case.
[Obs.]
3. (Law) A contract or obligation under
seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for
a debt particularly specified. Chitty. Bouvier.
Wharton (Law Dict.).
Let specialties be therefore drawn between
us.
Shak.
4. That for which a person is distinguished,
in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of
special attention; a speciality.
Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had
once their specialty, their pet subject.
C.
Kingsley.
Spe"cial*ty (?), n.; pl.
Specialties (#). [F.
spécialité. Cf. Speciality.]
1. Particularity.
Specialty of rule hath been
neglected.
Shak.
2. A particular or peculiar case.
[Obs.]
3. (Law) A contract or obligation under
seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for
a debt particularly specified. Chitty. Bouvier.
Wharton (Law Dict.).
Let specialties be therefore drawn between
us.
Shak.
4. That for which a person is distinguished,
in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of
special attention; a speciality.
Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had
once their specialty, their pet subject.
C.
Kingsley.