From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. i.
To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
--Heywood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. endenture, OF.
endenture, LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented
edges. See the Note below. See {Indent}.]
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1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
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2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more
parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or
duplicate, sometimes with the edges indented for purpose
of identification; sometimes in the pl., a short form for
{indentures of apprenticeship}, the contract by which a
youth is bound apprentice to a master.
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The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they
are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every
part. --C. Leslie.
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Note: Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together
and indented by a notched cut or line, or else written
on the same piece of parchment and separated by a
notched line so that the two papers or parchments
corresponded to each other. But indenting has gradually
become a mere form, and is often neglected, while the
writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures.
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3. Hence: A contract by which anyone is bound to service.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indentured}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Indenturing}.]
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1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to
furrow.
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Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.
--Woty.
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2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to
indenture an apprentice.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indenture
n 1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
[syn: {indentation}, {indenture}]
2: formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the
bondholders as to terms of the debt
3: a contract binding one party into the service of another for
a specified term
4: the space left between the margin and the start of an
indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indention}, {indent},
{indenture}]
v 1: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or
servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: {indenture},
{indent}]
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