Since, of course, axiomatic definitions stipulate the meanings of all their constituent concepts in terms of the remaining ones, the axioms effectively define concepts by their relations to one another.
Divers is of course allowed to stipulate how he will use his terms as he likes, but insofar as this is intended as an explication of what a possible worlds semantics (in some sense richer than the minimal logican's sense) should be, a point of controversy may be noted.
In Knoxville, Tennessee, strip clubs can't sell alcohol, and dancing in bars is forbidden unless there's a space specifically set aside for it (and, of course, the law stipulates exactly how many square feet your bar's dance floor must be).
Congress has stipulated some rules, of course.
Of course, the parties in the instant litigation stipulated to that effect.
Of course, like the abstractionist, the combinatorialist could simply stipulate as part of the definition that all legitimate recombinations must be genuinely possible states of affairs of a certain sort, genuinely possible recombinations.
Each semester, students are expected to enroll in the courses stipulated in their published curriculum.
Of course, this directly violates Facebook's own Terms of Service, which stipulate that users may not provide false information.
Of course everything has to end, more so when the Kolkata police stipulates the deadline for idol immersion.
Of course, on the way up the corporate ladder, the kind of manic attention to detail that led Goodwin to stipulate that RBS' new fleet of chauffeur-driven Mercedes exactly matched the company's logo (and the interiors matched the carpet in head office) might actually have been an asset.
