Spe″cial‐ty (?), n.; pl.Specialties (#). [F. spécialité. Cf. Speciality.] 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. Chitty.Bouvier.Wharton (Law Dict.).
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.