Stipulation Pour Autrui

stipulation pour autrui [French, stipulation for other persons] in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or provision in a contract that confers a benefit on a third-party beneficiary NOTE: A stipulation pour autrui gives the third-party beneficiary a cause of action against the promisor for specific performance. In order for a third party to be a third-party beneficiary of a stipulation pour autrui there usually has to be a legal or factual relationship between the stipulator and the beneficiary. ...

stipulation

stipulation 1 : an act of stipulating 2 : something stipulated: as a : an agreement between parties regarding some aspect of a legal proceeding [a of facts] [admitted the charges in a prehearing "New York Law Journal"] b : a condition, requirement, or item specified in a legal instrument ;specif : stipulation pour autrui ...

stipulator

stipulator 1 : one that stipulates 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : the promisee in a stipulation pour autrui who bargains for and receives the promise that benefits the third-party beneficiary ...

pour-over

pour-over : providing for or creating the transfer of property in a decedent's estate or a trust to a pour-over trust [a provision] [a bequest] see also pour-over trust at trust pour-over will at will n : an act or instance of pouring over ;also : a provision esp. in a will that calls for estate assets to be transferred to a pour-over trust ...

pour-over

pour-over : providing for or creating the transfer of property in a decedent's estate or a trust to a pour-over trust [a provision] [a bequest] see also pour-over trust at trust pour-over will at will n : an act or instance of pouring over ;also : a provision esp. in a will that calls for estate assets to be transferred to a pour-over trust ...

stipulate

stipulate -lat·ed -lat·ing [Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari to exact (as from a prospective debtor) a formal guarantee when making an oral contract] vi 1 : to make an agreement or covenant about something (as damages) 2 : to demand a particular promise in an agreement used with for [may…assume or for obligations of all kinds "Louisiana Civil Code"] 3 : to agree respecting an aspect of legal proceedings used with to [stipulated to a dismissal of the claim with prejudice "National Law Journal"] [pleaded guilty to the charge of battery and stipulated to the underlying facts "Luna v. Meinke, 844 F. Supp. 1284 (1994)"] vt 1 : to specify esp. as a condition or requirement of an agreement [parties may not the invalidity of statutes or ordinances "West v. Bank of Commerce & Trusts, 167 F.2d 664 (1948)"] [the contract stipulated that the lessor was responsible for maintenance] [within a stipulated period of time] 2 : to establish (procedure or evidence...

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