Specie

Metallic money issued by public authority. This term is used in contradistinction to "paper money," which in some countries is emitted by the government, and is a mere engagement which represents specie. Bank paper in the United States is also called "paper money." See "In Specie." SPECIES (Lat.) In the civil law. Form; figure; fashion or shape; a form or shape given 'to materials.

1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 277, §265.

A particular thing; as distinguished from "genus."

Zoology.

A species embraces individuals of the same kind, and all of the individuals having the same characteristics. pable of change by any accidental circumstances, and capable of uniform, invariable and permanent continuance by natural propagation. Or, it is founded on identity of form and structure, both external and internal — the principal characteristics of species in animals being the power to produce beings like themselves, and who are themselves naturally productive.

69 111. 471.

SPECIES FACTI (Lat.) The particular kind of act.

Ainsworth.