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in specie

adverb/ɪn ˈspiːʃiː/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

In its actual form, describing restitution or transfer of the very asset rather than its money equivalent.

The court ordered the shares returned in specie rather than compensating their value.

Similar: in kind

Topic: Tort in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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