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Webster 1913 Edition

Indenture

In-den′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[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 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.
The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of
indentures
: they answer in every part.
C. Leslie.
☞ 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.

In-den′ture

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

In-den′ture

,
Verb.
I.
To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
Heywood.

Webster 1828 Edition

Indenture

INDENT'URE

,
Noun.
A writing containing a contract. Indentures are generally duplicates, laid together and indented, so that the two papers or parchments correspond to each other. But indenting is often neglected, while the writings or counterparts retain the name of indentures.

INDENT'URE

,
Verb.
T.
To indent; to bind by indentures; as, to indenture an apprentice.

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