indeture A document written in duplicate on the same parchment or paper, and divided into two by cutting through in a wavy line. The two parts could be fitted together to prove their genuineness, and were know as counterparts. A deed between parties to effect its objects has the effect of an indenture though not indented or expressed to be an indenture, and any deed, whether or not being an indenture, may be described as a deed simply .