Indenture
41indenture — n 1. contract, compact, covenant, deal; written agreement, deed, lease, document, certificate; legal document, cartel, acknowledgment, written acknowledgment, written guarantee, written warranty, written pledge or promise, stipulation; bond,… …
42indenture — in·den·ture …
43indenture — n. written agreement, originally torn or cut into two parts along a jagged line; pl., agreement between master and apprentice; v.t. notch; wrinkle; bind by contract …
44indenture — /ɪn dentʃə/ noun US a formal agreement showing the terms of a bond issue …
45indenture — n. & v. n. 1 an indented document (see INDENT(1) v. 2). 2 a sealed agreement or contract (usu. in pl.). 3 a formal list, certificate, etc. v.tr. hist. bind (a person) by indentures, esp. as an apprentice. Derivatives: indentureship n. Etymology:… …
46indenture covenants — See covenants. American Banker Glossary …
47indenture of apprenticeship — A contract executed in duplicate by which an apprentice becomes bound to the service of a master. See apprentice; articles of apprenticeship …
48Indian indenture system — The Indian indenture system started from the end of slavery in 1834 and continued until 1920, when thousands of Indians were transported to various colonies of European powers to provide labour for the (mainly sugar) plantations, under the… …
49Trust Indenture Act of 1939 — (TIA) USA The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, supplements the Securities Act in the case of the distribution of debt securities. Generally speaking, the TIA requires the appointment of a suitably independent and qualified trustee to act… …
50trust indenture — n: a document under which a trust (as one created by the issuer of bonds in accordance with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939) is conducted Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. trust indenture …
