specialty
noun
- limited field of study
- a distinctive mark or quality
- a special object or class of objects: such as (1) : a legal agreement embodied in a sealed instrument (2) : a product of a special kind or of special excellence
- the state of being special, distinctive, or peculiar
- something in which one specializes
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/ / /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ʈi/ / /spɛˈʃæl.ʈi/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English specialte, Old French specialte, especialte, from Latin specialitas.
- That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.
“Near-synonym: discipline”
“medical specialty”
- A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.
“regional specialty”
“house specialty”
- Particularity.
“The specialty of rule hath been neglected: And, look, how many Grecian tents do stand Hollow upon this plain, so many hollow factions.”
- A particular or peculiar case.
- An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
- A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
“Let specialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, That couenants may be kept on either hand.”
“1812, Joseph Chitty, A Treatise on Pleading, with a Collection of Practical Precedents, and Notes Thereon, 2nd American edition, edited by Thomas Day, New York, Volume 2, section 456, note c, […] in a plea to an action of debt on specialty, it is still necessary to show that the debt on which the judgment was recovered was a specialty, or to aver that the judgment was recovered before the defendant had notice of the plaintiff’s demand.”