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deed poll
[ pohl ]
noun
, Law.
, plural deeds poll.
- a deed signed and executed only by the grantor.
deed poll
noun
- law a deed made by one party only, esp one by which a person changes his name
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deed poll1
First recorded in 1580–90
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Example Sentences
He might have invested himself with a name and place in the world by means of the French equivalent of a deed poll.
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The appointment was by deed-poll, and strictly in accordance with the powers of the settlement.
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Deeds executed by one party only had a smooth or “polled” edge, whence the name “deed poll.”
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The submission may be effected sometimes by parol, sometimes by written instrument, sometimes by deed or deed poll.
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The old deed poll, which they had intended to suspend, as shown by Watkin, was thus preserved.
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