An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
Something that is stated or stipulated as a condition of an agreement.
The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.