2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]
3. (Law)
Defn: 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.
SPECIE
Spe"ci*e,
Defn: abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form. "[The king] expects a return in specie from them" [i. e., kindness for kindness]. Dryden. In specie (Law), in precise or definite form; specifically; according to the exact terms; of the very thing.
SPECIE
Spe"cie, n. Etym: [Formed as a singular from species, in sense 5.]
Defn: Coin; hard money.
SPECIES
Spe"cies, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [L., a sight, outward appearance,
shape, form, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species. See
Spice, n., and cf. Specie, Special.]
1. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image. [R.] "The species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet." Sir I. Newton. Wit, . . . the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent. Dryden.