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English Dictionary: stipulation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stipulation n (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record; "a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay" Synonym(s): stipulation, judicial admission an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else Synonym(s): condition, precondition, stipulation a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement Synonym(s): stipulation, specification
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.