'Stipulation' definitions:
Definition of 'stipulation'
(from WordNet)
noun
(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" [syn: stipulation, judicial admission]
noun
An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else [syn: condition, precondition, stipulation]
noun
A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement [syn: stipulation, specification]
Definition of 'Stipulation'
From: GCIDE
- Stipulation \Stip`u*la"tion\, n. [See Stipule.] (Bot.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stipulation'
From: GCIDE
- Stipulation \Stip`u*la"tion\, n. [L. stipulatio: cf. F. stipulation.]
- 1. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain. --Bouvier. Wharton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Agreement; contract; engagement. See Covenant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stipulation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- agreement,
- allocation,
- arrangement,
- assignment,
- attribution,
- bargain,
- binding agreement,
- bond,
- boundary condition,
- cartel,
- catch,
- circumscription,
- clause,
- collective agreement,
- compact,
- condition,
- consortium,
- contract,
- convention,
- covenant,
- covenant of salt,
- deal,
- demand,
- denomination,
- designation,
- determination,
- dicker,
- donnee,
- employment contract,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- essential,
- exception,
- fine print,
- fixing,
- formal agreement,
- given,
- grounds,
- guarantee,
- ironclad agreement,
- joker,
- kicker,
- legal agreement,
- legal contract,
- limit,
- limiting condition,
- mutual agreement,
- obligation,
- pact,
- paction,
- parameter,
- pinning down,
- precision,
- prerequisite,
- promise,
- protocol,
- provision,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- qualification,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- reservation,
- saving clause,
- selection,
- signification,
- sine qua non,
- small print,
- specification,
- string,
- strings,
- term,
- terms,
- transaction,
- ultimatum,
- understanding,
- undertaking,
- union contract,
- valid contract,
- wage contract,
- warranty,
- whereas