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specialty Definition


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specialty
noun specialties
    (chiefly US)
    1. A speciality.
    2. law.
      A deed that is a contractual document and which must be signed by its maker in the presence of a witness, or, if it is executed by a company, by a director and the secretary or by two directors, or executed by a seal if the company has one.
Etymology: 15c in sense 2: from French especialte, from especial special.

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