STIPULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stipulation mean? 

• STIPULATION (noun)
  The noun STIPULATION has 3 senses:

1. (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

2. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

3. a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

  Familiarity information: STIPULATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STIPULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

judicial admission; stipulation

Context example:

a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay

Hypernyms ("stipulation" is a kind of...):

concession (a point conceded or yielded)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

condition; precondition; stipulation

Hypernyms ("stipulation" is a kind of...):

assumption; premise; premiss (a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stipulation"):

boundary condition ((mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations)

provision; proviso (a stipulated condition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

specification; stipulation

Hypernyms ("stipulation" is a kind of...):

confinement; restriction (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary))

Derivation:

stipulate (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement)

 Context examples 

We must make this a most express and serious stipulation, not to be broken on any account.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We make no stipulations concerning its nature.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

That the general should come forward to solicit the alliance, or that he should even very heartily approve it, they were not refined enough to make any parading stipulation; but the decent appearance of consent must be yielded, and that once obtained—and their own hearts made them trust that it could not be very long denied—their willing approbation was instantly to follow.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

After Emma had talked about it for ten minutes, Mr. Woodhouse felt no unwillingness, and only made the usual stipulation of not sitting at the bottom of the table himself, with the usual regular difficulty of deciding who should do it for him.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Norris and her nieces were all well pleased with its revival, and an early day was named and agreed to, provided Mr. Crawford should be disengaged: the young ladies did not forget that stipulation, and though Mrs. Norris would willingly have answered for his being so, they would neither authorise the liberty nor run the risk; and at last, on a hint from Miss Bertram, Mr. Rushworth discovered that the properest thing to be done was for him to walk down to the Parsonage directly, and call on Mr. Crawford, and inquire whether Wednesday would suit him or not.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Still more so, by the stipulation of implicit confidence which I beg to impose.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We both recommended a small sum in money, and the payment, without stipulation to Mr. Micawber, of the Uriah claims as they came in.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We were disposed, notwithstanding Mr. Micawber's stipulation for my aunt's attendance, to arrange that she should stay at home, and be represented by Mr. Dick and me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The young gal was re-engaged; but on the stipulation that she should only bring in the dishes, and then withdraw to the landing-place, beyond the outer door; where a habit of sniffing she had contracted would be lost upon the guests, and where her retiring on the plates would be a physical impossibility.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

To render his visits the more agreeable, my aunt had instructed me to open a credit for him at a cake shop, which was hampered with the stipulation that he should not be served with more than one shilling's-worth in the course of any one day.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)