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INDENT'URE,n. 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, v.t. To indent; to bind by indentures; as, to indenture an apprentice.
The act of indenting, or state of being
indented.
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. 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. To indent] to make hollows, notches, or
wrinkles in; to furrow.
Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow. Woty. To bind by indentures or written contract;
as, to indenture an apprentice.
To run or wind
in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
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