To state or demand something as a requirement or condition that must be agreed upon, usually in a legal agreement or contract.
From Latin 'stipulari' meaning 'to promise solemnly' or 'to bargain,' originally used in Roman law when making formal agreements.
Roman law was so advanced that the word 'stipulated' comes from formal verbal contracts made with specific ritual words—breaking a stipulated agreement was as serious as breaking a modern legal contract, showing how seriously ancients took their word.
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