Associations to the word «Stipulation»

Wiktionary

STIPULATION, noun. The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
STIPULATION, noun. Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
STIPULATION, noun. (botany) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
STIPULATION, noun. (chess) A goal to be achieved in a [1]; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.

Dictionary definition

STIPULATION, 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".
STIPULATION, noun. An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else.
STIPULATION, noun. A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats