STIPULATIO

Lat. In the Roman law, stipulatio was the verbal contract (verbis obligatio,) and was the most solemn and formal of all the contracts in that system of jurisprudence. It was entered Into by question and corresponding answer thereto, by the parties, both being present at the same time, and usually by such words as “spondes spondeo,” “promittis promitto” and the like. Brown. Stipulatio Aquiliana. A particular application of the stipulatio, which was used to collect together into one verbal contract all the liabilities of every kind and quality of the debt or, with a view to their being; released or discharged by an acceptilatio, that mode of discharge being applicable only to the verbal contract. Brown.