stipulate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.

   • In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
   • My contract stipulated that I would make dinner for him at six o'clock and leave at seven after finishing the dishes; but the Professor began objecting to this schedule as soon as my son arrived on the scene.
2. 2

   To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.

3. 3

   To acknowledge the truth of

   To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.

   • The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.
   • The parties stipulate that Exhibits 1 through 3 accompanied the initial Verified Complaint and Jury Demand, and that they are displayed in this text in the Exhibits section solely for clarity of the layout.
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   1. 4

      To ask for a contractual term.

      • Although another person cannot stipulate for us, yet in our stipulations we can associate with ourselves another person who stipulates for the same performance, and is called an adstipulator.
   2. 5

      To mutually agree.

   3. 6

      Having stipules

      Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

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