[a. L. stipulātor, agent-n. f. stipulārī to STIPULATE. Cf. F. † stipulateur (Cotgr.).]
1. Roman Law. (See quots. and STIPULATE v. 1.)
1611. Cotgr., Stipulateur, a stipulator; he that intending to bind another by words, asketh him whether he will giue, or doe, such a thing or no.
1861. Maine, Anc. Law, ix. (1876), 329. In speaking of a party to a contract, it is always the Stipulator, the person who asks the question, who is primarily alluded to.
† 2. One who makes a formal promise or pledge on behalf of another; a sponsor, surety, bail. Obs.
1610. Donne, Pseudo-Martyr, 348. They which were our stipulators at the Font.
1716. Case Dr. Ayliffe, 32. The Doctor … had not Time allow’d him that Day to prepare himself with a Proctor and Stipulator (which the Common Law calls Bail).
