in specie

English

Etymology

From Latin, specie, the ablative singular form of species (“kind", "form", or "type”)

Adverb

in specie (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) In respect to kind

   Although the power of a king is lesser in degree than an emperor, it is the similar in specie.

2. (law, finance) In the actual form, especially in the context of a distribution of assets or a loan repayment.
3. (law, finance) In coin or monetary metal, in contrast to fiat currency or other paper.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book V, chapter vii

     "The estate of £500 a-year I have given to you, Mr Jones: and as I know the inconvenience which attends the want of ready money, I have added £1000 in specie."

Descendants

• in kind