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Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, n.; pl. {Specialties}. [F.
sp['e]cialit['e]. Cf. {Speciality}.]
1. Particularity.
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Specialty of rule hath been neglected. --Shak.
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2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]
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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.).
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Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.
--Shak.
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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.
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Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have
had once their specialty, their pet subject. --C.
Kingsley.
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