stipulation
stip yuh lay shuhn
- n (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 - n an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- n a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- In a pretrial stipulation as part of an agreement to lower the number charges against him, Watada had admitted his failure to deploy.
- Before accepting, he had made one stipulation: "No press, no TV, no tuxedo.
- Under the law's most visible stipulation, states must test public school students in reading and math every year from third through eighth grade, plus once in high school, and .