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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Specificatio(u)n, n. [e.m.E. specification (1615), med. L. specification- f. specificāre Specify v., or OF specification (1341 in Larousse).] a. Specific mention or statement. b. A specific character or nature. c. The formation of a new property from materials belonging to another. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. s.v. Specification. —a. c1554 Misc. Bann. C. II 28.
Na specificatioun is maid that Harbargary wes ane burgh or wes ordanit to be erectit in ane burgh —b. 1645 Rutherford Tryal Faith (1743) 32.
God's rod … taketh its nature and specification from the intention and mind of God: … so as an intention to take satisfactory vengeance on the reprobate, [He] specifieth his rod, and maketh it punishment of black wrath —c. 1681 Stair Inst. ii i § 41.
That appropriation which is by specification, whereby, of materials belonging to other owners, a new species is produced