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TO BIND, BINDING, contracts. These words are applied to the contract entered
into, between a master and an apprentice the latter is said to be bound.
2. In order to make a good binding, the consent of the apprentice must
be had, together with that of his father, next friend, or some one standing
in loco parentis. Bac. Ab. Master and Servant, A; 8 John. 328; 2 Pen. 977; 2
Yerg. 546 1 Ashmead, 123; 10 Sergeant & Rawle, 416 1 Massachusetts, 172; 1
Vermont, 69. Whether a father has, by the common law, a right to bind out
his child, during his minority without his consent, seems not to be settled.
2 Dall. 199; 7 Mass. 147; 1 Mason, 78; 1 Ashm. 267. Vide Apprentice; Father;
Mother; Parent.
3. The words to bind or binding, are also used to signify that a thing
is subject to an obligation, engagement or liability; as, the judgment binds
such an estate. Vide Lien.