stipulated

Set as condition

Stipulated means specified as a condition or requirement of an agreement.

Contracts stipulate terms; courts stipulate procedures; parties stipulate facts they won't dispute.

The lease stipulated no pets.

We stipulated a thirty-day notice period.

The word carries a formal, binding quality—what's stipulated isn't merely suggested but required.

specified

defined

Given exact meaning

enumerated · detailed · prescribed · established · fixed · determined · precise · exact · itemized · articulated

contractual

clause

Provision in agreement

pact · terms · conditions · parties · obligations · signatories · enforceable · negotiation · drafting · execution

conditional

requirement

Mandatory condition to fulfill

qualification · criterion · constraint · restriction · limitation · parameter · proviso · caveat · subject to · dependent

legal

court

Trial venue or sports surface

decree · injunction · mandate · compliance · litigation · arbitration · testimony · codified · judiciary · legislation

agreed

consensus

General group agreement

ratification · endorsement · approval · understanding · accord · promise · commitment · mutual · acknowledged · confirmed

Opposites
explicitness of requirement

stipulatedunstipulated

Not formally required

optional · unspecified · unstated · discretionary · undefined

formal specification vs. assumption

stipulatedimplied

Suggested without stating

implicit · assumed · inferred · understood · tacit

binding obligation

stipulatedwaived

Voluntarily gave up

optional · discretionary · negotiable · relaxed · unenforced

Phrases
Family

stipulate, stipulation, stipulations, stipulates, stipulating, unstipulated

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