stipulator
(ˈstɪpjʊleɪtə(r))
[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). |