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. 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. 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.