Law A written formal agreement. [For method of preparation, see endenten; endentures, pair of endentures are the several identical copies of the agreement.] (a) The written record of a lease or of an……

(a) To write or compose (a book, poem, letter, etc.);--with or without obj.; (b) to write (in a certain language, manner, or style); (c) to compose (a song, a Psalm); (d) of oral composition or……

(a) Exemption or immunity from the law or a special provision of a law or statute; esp., the exemption from Civil Law enjoyed by the Church; (b) exemption from monastic rules; (c) Poet. freedom (of……