inde
Latin term meaning therefore, after.
Your Scottish Archives Glossary
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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.
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