The phrase "a specific exception" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a particular case or instance that deviates from a general rule or norm.
Example: "In this policy, there is a specific exception for employees who work remotely."
Alternatives: "a particular exception" or "a distinct exception".
The law makes a specific exception for overseas students, who are not eligible for such loans.
Miss Ramey said: "The university has carved out a specific exception only for the most severe forms of sexual assault, which overwhelmingly affect women," she said.
A further five second silence ensued according to this transcript, before Flaherty came to the rescue of his visitors: "Listen, you know, the European Union makes a specific exception with respect to the Inuit people who for thousands of years have relied on the seal as part of their survival and that is the view of the European Union and its certainly our view in Canada".
The report recommended that a specific exception be made for text and data-mining from literature for research purposes.
He makes a specific exception to save the Pell grant program.
And these may be "synthetics" that must win a specific exception.
Riley and its companion case, United States v Wurie, are about a very specific exception to the Fourth Amendment.
Check your vehicle's owner's manual to see if there are any specific exceptions, but a standard DOT3 or DOT4 brake fluid is acceptable for most automobiles.
Under the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement, refugees cannot make claims to enter Canada from the United States except under a few specific exceptions, like fear that they would face the death penalty in America.
In changing its view, the city has relied on revisions to state law and court decisions that virtually all properties used for housing are taxable, with a few specific exceptions like church-owned residences occupied by clergy.
Ironically, it is about the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery and the state's right to deprive a person of liberty but with the specific exception of "criminals", thus forging a link in the judicial mindset between imprisonment and slavery.
