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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
specialty
    n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his
         forte" [syn: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier,
         specialty, speciality, strong point, strength]
         [ant: weak point]
    2: a distinguishing trait [syn: peculiarity, specialness,
       specialty, speciality, distinctiveness]
    3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career;
       "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn:
       specialization, specialisation, specialty,
       speciality, specialism]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SPECIALTY, contracts. A writing sealed and delivered, containing some 
agreement. 2 Serg. & Rawle, 503; 1 Binn. Rep. 261; Willes, 189; 1 P. Wms. 
130. In a more confined meaning, it signifies a writing sealed and 
delivered, which is given as a security for the payment of a debt, in which 
such debt is particularly specified. Bac. Ab. Obligation, A. 
     2. Although in the body of the writing it is not said, that the parties 
have set their hands and seals, yet if the instrument be really sealed it is 
a specialty, and if it be not sealed, it is not a specialty, although the 
parties in the body of the writing make mention of a seal. 2 Serg. & Rawle, 
504; 2 Rep. 5 a; Perk. Sec. 129. Vide Bond; Debt; Obligation. 



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