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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-den-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdɛn tʃər


Définition of indenture

Origin :
  • "contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart. As a verb, 1650s, from the noun.
  • noun agreement
Example sentences :
  • But the passage which, for me, is most precious is that Apprentice's "Indenture."
  • Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys
  • It is the same in civil law with an indenture at the common law.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • I have broken my indenture, and I think of running the country.'
  • Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
  • A secret renewal of the indenture was executed simultaneously.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by John Torrey Morse, Jr.
  • And in our own country every white apprentice is, in his indenture, called a servant.
  • Extract from : « Abolitionism Exposed! » by W. W. Sleigh
  • The indenture was certified and transmitted to the place of destination.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848 » by Various
  • It may just be that there was a confusion as to the origin of the indenture which caused the mischief.
  • Extract from : « The Bruce » by John Barbour
  • Still, there is nothing to show that this indenture was yet in Edward's hands.
  • Extract from : « King Robert the Bruce » by A. F. Murison
  • This last corresponds with the number of books in the indenture; Ibid., 179-183.
  • Extract from : « Humphrey Duke of Gloucester » by K.H. Vickers
  • But the indenture was in no sense a mark of servitude or slavery.
  • Extract from : « The Planters of Colonial Virginia » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker

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