Stipulator
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the civil law, the party who asked the question in the contract of stipulation; the other party, or he who answered, being called the "promissor." But, in a more general sense, the term was applied to both the parties. Calv. Lex. STIRPES (Lat.) Descents. The root, stem, or stock of a tree. Figuratively, it signifies in law that person from whom a family is descended, and also the kindred or family.
See Per Stirpes.
2 Bl. Comm. 209.