Crossword clues for specialties
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, n.; pl. Specialties. [F. sp['e]cialit['e]. Cf. Speciality.]
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Particularity.
Specialty of rule hath been neglected.
--Shak. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]
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(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.).Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.
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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.