indenture definition

indenture

Deed or mortgage document signed (executed) by two parties (such as a seller and a buyer) as opposed to a deed poll which is executed generally by only one party. Its name comes from the old practice in which such instruments (in contrast to deed poll) used to have jagged edges because they (together with their copies) were torn to match them later for authentication. See also bond indenture.

Legal document published by the issuer of a security giving details of the terms of the issue and key features of its legal structure. See also bond indenture.

indenture is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.

indenture appears in the definitions of the following terms: yield to call (YTC), dilution protection and call provision

indenture appears in the other terms: bond indenture, trust indenture

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