stipulate

Verb

• specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
  • "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"
  • "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
• give a guarantee or promise of
  • "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"
• make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
• To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
• To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
• To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
• To ask for a contractual term.
• To mutually agree.

Adj

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

Examples

• The defense stipulates that the witness has identified my client.

Synonyms

condition, qualify, specify

Antonyms

exstipulate

Related Words

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