deed poll

deed poll

a legal document by which a person changes his or her name

Origin of deed poll

so named because the edge of a legal document made by one person was polled, or trimmed evenly (see poll, transitive verb): edges of documents between two parties had matching notches (see indenture, noun)

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Noun

(plural deeds poll)

(law) A deed relating only to one party, distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the paper cut evenly, or "polled", rather than being indented.
(law, UK, Ireland) A deed that effects a change of an individual's name.

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