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                  Il Im In Is It
                  Inc Ind Inf Inh Inq Ins Int Inv

                  indenture

                  an agreement in two identical halves written on one sheet which then usually has the word ‘chirograph’ written between the two parts and is cut with a jagged line through that word, each half then being given to a party to the agreement, the principle being that the two halves can authenticate each other when matched up.  But in practice in Scotland, the word is almost entirely applied to a contract in a normal form drawn up between a master and an apprentice.