Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specie \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.