Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Stipulation
Stip′u·la′tion (stĭp·ū·lā′shŭn), 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.
Stip′u·la′tion, n. [See Stipule.] (Bot.) The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.