Spe"cie (?), n. [Formed as a singular from species, in sense 5.]
Coin; hard money.
||Spe"ci*e (?), abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind,
in (its own)
form.
"[The king] expects a return in
specie from them" [i. e., kindness for kindness].
Dryden. In specie (Law), in precise or
definite form; specifically; according to the exact terms; of the very thing.
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