Noah Webster
Stipulation
STIPULATION, noun [Latin]
1. The act of agreeing and covenanting; a contracting or bargaining.
2. An agreement or covenant made by one person with another for the performance or forbearance of some act; a contract or bargain; as the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.
3. In botany, the situation and structure of the stipules.