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Non demisit

(he demised not). 1. A plea resorted to where a plaintiff declared upon a demise without stating the indenture in an action of debt for rent. 2. A plea in bar, in replevin, to an avowry for

Instar dentium

Instar dentium [Lat.] (like teeth). See INDENTURE.

Charta Chyrographta, or Communis

Charta Chyrographta, or Communis, an indenture. See that title.

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Deed-poll

than the mere consent to join in expressing the same active intention on the part of all. An indenture derives its name from the fact that the parchment on which such a deed was written was indented

Counterpart

Counterpart, the corresponding partor duplicte; the key of a cipher. When the severalprts of an indenture (as is almost invariably the case with a lease) are interchangeably executed by the several parties, that partor

Bond covenant

Bond covenant, means a bond-indenture provision that protects bondholders by specifying what the issuer may or may not do, as by prohibiting the issuer from issuing more debt, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 175.

Deed poll

A deed of one part or executed by only one party and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even or polled as it was anciently termed

debenture

is backed by the issuer's general credit rather than a specific lien called also debenture bond see also indenture compare mortgage bond at bond NOTE: Debentures are often convertible to stocks.

call

issuer may call a security only if calling it is previously provided for, as, for example, in the indenture for a bond or in the stock agreement for preferred stock. The issuer usually pays the holder a

Apprentice

Apprentice [fr. apprendre, Fr., to learn], a person bound by indentures of apprenticeship to a tradesman or artificer ,who covenants to teach him his trade or mystery. The master

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