Indenture

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.