Spĕ'cial-ty, n.

(spĕsh'al-tý), n. [Fr. spécialité, It. spe-zialtà, spezialità, Sp. especialidad.] 1. Particularity. Specialty of rule hath been neglected. Shak.

2. A particular or peculiar case.
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. Let specialties be therefore drawn. Shak. 4. That which is the special or particular mark of any person or business; that for which a person is distinguished, or which he makes an object of special attention; speciality. Men of boundless knowledge, like Humboldt, must have had once their specialty, their pet subject. C. Kingsley.