Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, n.; pl. Specialties. [F. sp['e]cialit['e]. Cf. Speciality.]

1. Particularity.

Specialty of rule hath been neglected. --Shak.

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

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)