Indenture

In old conveyancing, a writing containing a conveyance, by cutting (through words, as the word chirographum, written along the line of division), in a serrated line; in modern conveyancing, a deed of conveyance, expressed to be made between parties, or a deed of conveyance indented or cut at the top in a serrated or waving line; a contract in two parts in which a person is bound to serve another in his trade or occupation on condition of being instructed in the sama