indenture的词源

英文词源

indenture (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture, Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a document of indenture could be proved by juxtaposition with its counterpart. As a verb, 1650s, from the noun.

中文词源

indenture(契约):中世纪时以锯齿状边缘分割的契约

英语单词indenture由in+dent(齿)+ure(名词后缀)构成,表示契约。契约和齿有什么关系呢?原来,在中世纪,人们在签订契约时,往往会把两份内容相同的契约写在同一张羊皮纸上,然后在中间以锯齿状边缘分割开,双方各持一份。以后需要比对契约真伪,只需要查看两份契约的锯齿边缘能否对上即可。这种以锯齿状边缘分割的契约就被称为indenture。现在虽然不再这么做了,但这个词却保留了下来。

indenture:[ɪn'dentʃə] n.契约,合同,双联契约vt.以契约约束

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indenture:师徒契约

来自indent,咬合,-ure,名词后缀。因古代师徒契约写于两张锯齿状凹痕的契约纸上而得名。

indenture:契约,合同

indenture词源为dent, 意为齿轮状的东西。在古代,为了方便辨别真伪,契约需要在一张完整的纸上写两份,而后以锯齿状剪开分开保管。大部分的indenture特指卖身契,或是师徒间的契约。卖身契是一种买卖人口的契约。在现代社会,这种契约一般被认为是一种无效合同。但在允许人口买卖的古代社会,这种契约具有法律效力,是主人对奴仆主张权利的重要依据。

在中国古代,卖身契被广泛应用在人口买卖的各个领域。不仅买卖奴仆需要签订卖身契,就连妓女加入妓院,演员加入戏班,甚至工人接受雇佣都需要签订卖身契。