Stipulation

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.

A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.

The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.

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

(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"