stipulation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STIPULATION, noun [Latin] 1. The act of agreeing and covenanting; a contracting or bargaining. 2. An agreement or covenant made by one person with another for the performance or forbearance of some act; a contract or bargain; as the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops. 3. In botany, the situation and structure of the stipules.
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