Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The highest form of contract under the civil law. It was oral and formally entered into through interrogatories before a magistrate or public officer, and was thus made definite to both parties. It could be released for fraud or deceit only, and by the same formality.
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Examples
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_Trin. _ 500-4, where Roman terms of _stipulatio_ are used.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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If we, the taxpayers are going to regularly pitch in to cover damages, there has to be some common sense and logic used when issuing building permits including a stipulatio n that these homes MUST be built to stricter standards.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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