Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem est.
A dubious expression is construed against the party using it.
In stipulationibus cum quaeritur quid actum sit, verba contra stipulatorem interpretanda sunt.
In agreements, when there is a question whether action has been taken, the terms are to be interpreted against the party offering them. Dig. 45.1.38.18.
adstipulator
n. [latin] roman law. an additional party to a contract who could enforce the contract along with the principal (i.e., the stipulator). ( an adstipulator who enforced an agreement would have to, in turn, pay the stipulator. an adstipulator was brought in to avoid the rule that a person could not directly stipulate for payment after death.
stipulator
1 One who makes a stipulation. 2. Civil law. The promisee in a stipulation pour autrui, accepting the promise of a benefit to a third party.