stipulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

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
judicial admission.
- a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay
noun an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
precondition; condition.
noun a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
specification.

L. stipulatio: cf. F. stipulation.

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
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.
(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.

See Stipule.