indenture

[In*den·ture]

An indenture is a formal legal agreement. Many earned passage to the British colonies by indenturing, or selling, themselves to a master for a period of seven years– they were called indentured laborers.

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The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

Noun
the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

Noun
a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term

Noun
formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

Noun
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

Verb
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"

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n.
The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

n.
A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.

v. t.
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

v. t.
To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

v. i.
To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

Indenture

In*den"ture , n. [OE. endenture, OF. endenture, LL. indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented edges. See the Note below. See Indent.] 1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented. 2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.

The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part.

&hand; Indentures were originally duplicates, laid together and intended 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.

Indenture

In*den"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indentured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenturing.] 1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

Indenture

In*den"ture, v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. Heywood.

The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.

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