In real estate, an indenture is a deed in which two parties agree to continuing obligations. For example, one party may agree to maintain a property and the other may agree to make payments on it.
An indenture is a particular formal contract or deed made between two or more parties. Beginning in medieval England, an indenture can be defined as a specific agreement within a contract noted with a specific duration or significance.
A contract between an Issuer and a Trustee (normally a commercial bank with trust powers) under which the Issuer issues Bonds and specifies their Maturities, Interest Rates, Redemption provisions, form, exchange provisions, security and other terms.
An indenture is a deed with more than one party. In the old days they were written out, two copies, on a single piece of parchment then roughly cut, so the parts could later be compared. A deed of trust has at least two parties, the settler and the trustee, so it could be called an indenture.
To issue a bond, the issuer hires a third-party trustee, usually a bank or trust company, to represent investors who buy the bond. The agreement entered into by the issuer, and the trustee is referred to as the trust indenture.
(9) The term ''indenture to be qualified'' means (A) the in- denture under which there has been or is to be issued a secu- rity in respect of which a particular registration statement has been filed, or (B) the indenture in respect of which a particular application has been filed.
The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 requires corporate bonds of $5 million or more offered for public sale to have a trust indenture, which is a contract between the bond issuer and bondholder. This makes the mortgage bond the correct answer.
The Trust Indenture Act requires certain prospectus disclosure about the debt securities in registered offerings. Most offerings of debt securities that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 are also exempt from the Trust Indenture Act requirements.