Bill, I just googled "Indenture Tripartite" and there are tons of stuff on them. Go take a look. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "WS-GENEAL" <WS-GENEAL@comcast.net> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:26 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Indenture > Follow up on Indenture. > Although I have seen the word used in relation to land sale/deeds, I think > it would only be used relative to a mortgage, as a mortage is an agreement > between parties which would fit the dictionary defination of an indenture > ie: > > indenture >noun 1 a formal agreement, contract, or list, formerly one of > which copies with indented edges were made for the contracting parties. 2 > an agreement binding an apprentice to a master. 3 historical a contract > by which a person agreed to work for a set period for a colonial landowner > in exchange for passage to the colony. >verb chiefly historical bind by an > indenture. > -DERIVATIVES indentureship >noun. > > Although I guess executing a land transfer is also an agreement between > parties. We need a Lawyer on this one. > > BILL STAPLES > Researching STAPLES, HOLMES, ELMS, DEHART, SHERWOOD, NICHOLS, COSMAN. > Website: www.wstaples.net > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message