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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 50 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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INDENTURE (through 0. Fr. endenture from a legal Latin term indent-ura, indentare, to cut into teeth, to give a jagged edge, in modurn dentium, like teeth)

INDENTURE made the

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day of between A . B. of, &c., of the one

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PART

part and C . D. of, &c., of the other part WHEREAS the said A . B. is seised (among other hereditaments) of the

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MESSUAGE (from Anglo-French mesuage, probably a corruption of mesuage, menage, popular Lat. mansionaticuni, from mansio, whence mod. Fr. maison, from manere, to dwell)

messuage hereinafter described and hereby conveyed for an

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ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in

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fee

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SIMPLE

simple in

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possession

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FREE

free from incumbrances and has agreed to sell the same to the said C . D. for £loo Now THIS IN-DENTURE WITNESSETH that in pursuance of the said agreement and in

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CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of the sum of £10o paid to the said A . B. by the said C . D . (the

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RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt whereof the said A . B. doth hereby acknowledge) the said A . B. as beneficial owner doth hereby convey unto the said C . D . ALL THAT messuage or

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TENEMENT (Med. Lat. tenetnentum, from tenere, to hold)

tenement situate &c., and known as, &c .

To Hotn the premises unto and to the use of the said C . D. his heirs and assigns [or in fee simple] And the said A . B . Both hereby acknowledge the right of the said C .

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