Specialty

n.	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. Let specialties be therefore drawn between us. - Shak.
	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. Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had once their specialty, their pet subject. - C. Kingsley.

Noun	1.	specialty - an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" Synonyms: forte, metier, speciality, strong point, strong suit, long suit, strength
	2.	specialty - a distinguishing trait Synonyms: distinctiveness, specialness, peculiarity, speciality
	3.	specialty - the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" Synonyms: specialism, specialization, specialisation, speciality

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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