SPECIALTY, noun 1. Particularity. specialty of rule hat been neglected. 2. A particular or peculiar case. Note. This word is now little used in the senses above. Its common acceptation is, 3. A special contract; an obligation or bond; the evidence of a debt by deed or instrument under seal. Such a debt is called a debt by specialty in distinction from simple contract.
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