Stipulation

n. act of stipulating, setting of conditions; condition that must be fulfilled

A stipulation is an agreement made between opposing parties prior to a pending hearing or trial. For example, both parties might stipulate to certain facts, and therefore not have to argue those facts in court. After the stipulation is entered into, it is presented to the judge.
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Noun
1. (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"
(synonym) judicial admission
(hypernym) concession
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
(synonym) condition, precondition
(hypernym) premise, premiss, assumption
(hyponym) boundary condition
3. a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
(synonym) specification
(hypernym) restriction
(derivation) stipulate, qualify, condition, specify

n. stipulation, setting of conditions, condition that must be fulfilled

(n.)
The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
  

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

(n.)
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.
  

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