Special rule
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Rules granted without any motion in court, or when the motion is only assumed to have been made, and is not actually made, are calied "common" rales; while the rules granted upon motion actually made to the court in term, or upon a judge's order in vacation, are termed "special" rules. Brown. The term may also be understood as opposed to "general" rule; in which case it means a particular direction, in a matter of practice, made for the purposes of a particular case.