Indenture vs Covenant - What's the difference?
indenture | covenant |
(legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
(legal) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract.
An indentation.
To bind a person under such a contract.
To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
(legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
(legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
An incidental clause in an agreement.
to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant
* L'Estrange
* Bible, Matthew xxvi. 15
(legal) To enter a formal agreement.
(legal) To bind oneself in contract.
(legal) To make a stipulation.
In lang=en terms the difference between indenture and covenant
is that indenture is a document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying such a contract while covenant is to make a stipulation.indenture
English
(wikipedia indenture)Alternative forms
* endentureNoun
(en noun)Verb
(indentur)- Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.
Derived terms
* indenturedness *indentured servant * indentureshipReferences
* (EtymOnLine)Anagrams
*covenant
English
(wikipedia covenant)Alternative forms
* covenaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, as the tenant should direct.
- and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver