Specification
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
A statement of the species or particulars; an account or nar- 'rative in detail. As, a specification of the items of a claim, the plans and specifications of a building. In architecture, not only the dimensions and mode of construction, but a description of every piece of material — its kind, length, breadth, thickness, and the manner of joining -separate parts.' See Jones v. Watson, Contract, Executed. In patent law, see Invention; Issue, 1; Patent, 8.