DOCTRINE OF SPECIALTY
doctrine of specialty.Int’l law. The principle, included as a provision in most extradition
treaties, under which a person who is extradited to a country to stand trial for certain criminal
offenses may be tried only for those offenses and not for any other pre-extradition offenses. —
Also termed specialty doctrine. See EXTRADITION. [Cases: Extradition and Detainers 19.] [Blacks Law 8th]