Hence when the newly founded National Gallery purchased the two Claudes almost as its first acquisition in the 1820s, Turner made his Will giving two of his greatest paintings to the nation but stipulating that all should be displayed together as a monument to peace.
At the end of the day, he has to negotiate contracts with the BBC and, if that is what they are stipulating, that is what we have to abide by".
So it's hard not to see a gleeful irony in the fact that the International Olympic Committee has turned the tables by stipulating that Saudi men can only participate if accompanied by Saudi women.
Last year, the US Copyright Office issued an updated compendium of its policies, including a section stipulating that it would register copyrights only for works produced by human beings.
It also included a provision, standard in the publisher's contracts, imposing a two-year moratorium on translations after the original was published — and stipulating that a translation could be released only if the publisher felt satisfied its quality wouldn't "diminish the author's reputation".
Reich was given his visa, but a royal decree was issued stipulating that anyone wanting to practice psychoanalysis needed a licence, and it was understood that Reich would not be given one.
And just recently France amended national regulations stipulating that certain classes of workers should be guaranteed the ability to disconnect from remote working devices during 11-hour "rest periods".
What requires attention is the proposal stipulating that reception of normal pension benefits is only possible after working for a minimum of 45 years.
Blame Woodward himself for damaging the transition from one World Cup cycle to the next by stipulating that anyone who wanted to play in that year's Six Nations tournament must also pledge his availability for the subsequent summer tour to the antipodes.
He landed just three days after new rules came into effect stipulating that all new arrivals will be sent to Papua New Guinea for processing, and that if they get refugee status, they will not be allowed to resettle in Australia.
