1. (

• stipulation ,
• judicial_admission

) (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" ;

2. (

• condition ,
• precondition ,
• stipulation

) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else ;

3. (

• stipulation ,
• specification ,

) a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement ;