Obs. [ad. L. astipulātiōnem, n. of action f. astipulāt-: see prec. and -ATION.]
1. The action of agreeing to a proposal; agreement, bargain.
1594. R. Parsons, Conf. Next Success., I. v. 84. The astipulation and promises made on both sides.
1628. Bp. Hall, Hon. Maried Clergie, III. § 10. 802. I … by the consent and astipulation of my princes … consigne to them, that monasterie.
2. The action of assenting to what has been alleged; a confirming statement.
1618. Hist. P. Warbeck, in Harl. Misc. (1793), 96. The council … found … his reasons of defence manifest astipulations of the matter.
1708. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. xxxii. By the Testimony, and Astipulation of the brute Beasts.
