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Indenture, a deed indented between two or more parties, so called because duplicates of every deed inter partes were once written on one skin. The skin was cut in half irregularly or which a jagged edge: so when the duplicates were produced in Court they were seen to belong to one another by fitting into one another. By the (English) Law of Proper-ties Act, 1925, s. 56(2), reproducing (English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 5, it is provided that a deed purporting to be an indenture shall have the effect of an indenture though not indented or expressed to be an indenture. Under s. 57, (English) L.P. Act, 1925, an indenture or any other deed may be described according to the nature of the transaction intended to be effected.Means a formal written instrument made by two or more parties with different interests, traditionally having the edges serrated, or indented, in a zig zag fashion to reduce the possibility of forgery and to distinguish it from a deed poll. A deed o...
duplicitous
duplicitous : marked by duplicity [a indictment] ...
Equivocate
To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification to express ones opinions in terms which admit of different senses with intent to deceive to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead as to equivocate is the work of duplicity...
duplicity
Doubleness a twofold state...
misjoinder
misjoinder : an incorrect joinder of claims or parties in a legal action ;also : an impermissible joinder of criminal charges or defendants compare duplicity, multifarious, multiplicity ...
Simple minded
Artless guileless simple hearted undesigning unsuspecting devoid of duplicity...
Machiavelian
Of or pertaining to Machiavelli or to his supposed principles for conduct of government as enunciated in his tract The Prince politically cunning characterized by duplicity political expediency unscrupulous cunning or bad faith crafty...
Guile
Craft deceitful cunning artifice duplicity wile deceit treachery...
Single hearted
Having an honest heart free from duplicity...
Double tongue
Deceit duplicity...
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