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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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