Definition of: indenture

(in·den′chər) noun
1. Law An instrument of contract under seal; an instrument in duplicate between parties, each party keeping a counterpart.
2. Often plural A legal instrument for binding an apprentice or a servant to his master.
3. The act of indenting, or the state of being indented.
—v.t. ·tured, ·tur·ing
1. To bind by indenture, as an apprentice.
2. To indent; furrow. [<OF endenture <Med. L indentare. See INDENT.]