stated
[adjective]
Synonyms: firm, certain, fixed, set, settled, stipulated

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stated adjective. ['steɪtɪd] M17.
[from STATE verb + -ED¹. In early use perh. rather from Latin status appointed, fixed, regular + -ED¹.]
1. Fixed, regular, established; settled by authority, agreement, custom, etc. M17.
■ J. Wesley The Studious ought to have stated times for Exercise. Harper's Magazine One of their stated weekly meetings.
b. Of a functionary or an employment: recognized, regular, official. M18.

2. a. Of a law, penalty, etc.: formulated, explicitly set forth. L17.
b. Narrated, alleged as fact. L18.
Special collocations: stated account Law a statement of account that has been agreed to by the parties to a suit. stated case Law an agreed summary of disputed points presented to a court or arbitrator in order to facilitate a speedy decision.

■ statedly adverb L17.

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