stipulation

The act of stipulating.

Something specified or agreed to, as in a contract.

The document or agreement, or a provision in a document or agreement, specifying something that is agreed to.

In botany, the situation and structure of the stipules.

The act of stipulating, agreeing, or covenanting; a contracting or bargaining.

That which is stipulated or agreed upon; a contract or bargain, or a particular article or item in a contract: as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops; a contract containing so many stipulations.

In law, specifically— An agreement between counsel or attorneys in a cause, affecting its conduct.

An undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts.

In Roman law, a contract in which the form consisted in a question and answer, formalities which in course of time came to be recognized as making a valid contract which might dispense with the ceremonials required by the earlier law.

The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.