The Stipulatio in Roman Law
The stipulation or stipulatio is a type of verbal contract, in which two parties solemnly bind themselves to the fulfillment of a provision, for having mutually pronounced a question and an equivalent answer.
Later, the development of Roman law would turn the stipulatio into a written, but not necessarily solemn, contract, towards the end of the imperial period; especially to facilitate the proof of the existence of the contract.
This would be one of the most practiced contracts during the development of Roman law, due to its ease of constitution, and the unlimited scope of its object. So much so that in many legal businesses, in addition to the main contract, accessory stipulations would be made, such as penal clauses, bonds, pledges, promises, etc.
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