Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stipulation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stipulation \Stip`u*la"tion\, n. [L. stipulatio: cf. F.
stipulation.]
1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an
agreement.
2. That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is
definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a
covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular
article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as,
the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his
contingent of troops.
3. (Law) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking
in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a
bargain. --Bouvier. Wharton.
Syn: Agreement; contract; engagement. See {Covenant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stipulation \Stip`u*la"tion\, n. [See {Stipule}.] (Bot.)
The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stipulation
n 1: an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of
something else [syn: {condition}, {precondition}]
2: a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an
agreement [syn: {specification}]
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