Stipulation meaning

stĭp'yə-lā'shən
A factual condition or requirement incorporated as a term of a contract; an agreement between opposing parties as to a procedure, as in a “stipulation to extend time to respond,” or a fact, as in “a stipulation as to liability.” A stipulation made by a party to a pending court case or made by the party’s lawyer with respect to the case is always binding.
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The definition of a stipulation is a condition or term in an agreement, or the act of creating conditions and terms.

An example of a stipulation is a clause in a contract promising a certain amount of money for extra labor performed.

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The act of stipulating.
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Something specified or agreed to, as in a contract.
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The act of stipulating.
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Something stipulated, as a condition in a contract.
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The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
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Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.

The stipulations of the contract won't allow you to do that.

If I lend you my car, my only stipulation is that you fill up the gas tank before returning it.

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(botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
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The document or agreement, or a provision in a document or agreement, specifying something that is agreed to.
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Origin of stipulation

  • From ancient Latin stipula (“a straw"). As was the custom then, the Romans used to break a straw, as a sign of agreement between the negotiating parties, and the stipulations were put in a written form.
    From Wiktionary

Stipulation Sentence Examples

  • The stipulation on the passage of the money was fine with her.

  • The tenant or farmer has the right of underletting or assigning his lease, in the absence of prohibiting stipulation (Art.

  • The arbitrator ex compromisso sumptus had no coercive jurisdiction, and in order to make his award effective, the agreement of reference was confirmed by a stipulation and usually provided a penalty (poena, petunia compromissa) in case of disobedience.

  • A stipulation was included in the treaty to the effect that Persians were not to curse any longer the first three caliphs, a sort of privilege previously enjoyed by Shiites as part and parcel of their religious faith.

  • The sums payable by the different countries were to be fixed by the powers; but no effect has so far been given to this reasonable stipulation, which may now be looked upon as null and void.

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