Stipulation
Law
An agreement between the parties to settle all or part of the case without further hearings. The stipulation must be approved by the Court. If it is approved, it becomes part of the Court’s order.
- — Legal Terms Dictionary retrieved 2014-06-05
Common Legal Terms
An agreement between the parties involved in a lawsuit regulating one or more aspects relating to that lawsuit.
Court
Criminal Law
A stipulation is an agreement between the defendant and the prosecutor. The stipulation may take the form of an agreed-upon term or condition in a legal document or an agreement between the parties establishing a certain fact as evidence during a trial. When a fact is stipulated to during a trial, no evidence of that fact is required because the parties have agreed to accept it as true.
Divorce
Stipulation is an agreement entered into by the divorcing spouses that settles the issues between them and is often entered into the court's final order or judgment and decree.