Definition of Indentures. Meaning of Indentures. Synonyms of Indentures

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Definition of Indentures

Indenture
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. --Woty. 2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
Indenture
Indenture In*den"ture, v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent. --Heywood.
Indenture
Indenture In*den"ture (?; 135), 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.

Meaning of Indentures from wikipedia

- contract between an employer and a laborer with an indentured servant status, historically indentures were used for a variety of contracts, including transfers...
- often kidnapped and sold into indentured labor in the American and Caribbean colonies (often without any indentures). Indentured servitude was also used by...
- by Douglas, published its report Trustees Under Indentures. It recommended that: trustees of indentures be disqualified where they have or acquire conflicts...
- employees, or made indentures unlawful; increased affordability of travel to North America that made immigrants less likely to rely on indentures to pay travel...
- British colonies. The European planters pressed consistently for longer indentures. In an effort to persuade labourers to stay on, the Mauritius Government...
- The Tripartite Indenture was an agreement made in February 1405 among Owain Glyndŵr, Edmund Mortimer, and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, agreeing...
- nevertheless opted to enter into indenture. Robert Heavner has noted that these individuals intended to use their indentures to acquire some form of education...
- Skilled indentures were able to sell their craftsmanship once they became freedmen, and therefore earned more income than the unskilled indentures who came...
- Indentures agreed to provide up to seven years of labor in return for p****age to the New World and food, housing, and shelter during their indenture....
- This is a list of people who were once indentured servants. George Abbitt Matthew Ashby Sally Brant William Buckland (architect) William Butten John Casor...