specialty

n.; pl. Specialties [ F. spécialité. Cf. Speciality. ] 1. Particularity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specialty of rule hath been neglected. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A particular or peculiar case. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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.). [ 1913 Webster ]

Let specialties be therefore drawn between us. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had once their specialty, their pet subject. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]