释义 |
ˈdeed poll, deed-poll Also 6 poll deed. [See poll.] Law. A deed made and executed by one party only; so called because the paper or parchment is ‘polled’ or cut even, not indented.
[1523Fitzherb. Surv. 20 Estates made of free lande by polle dede or dede indented.] 1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. ii. iii. 89 b, The nature of a deede indented and a deede polle. 1628Coke On Litt. 229 A Deed poll is that which is plaine without any indenting, so called, because it is cut euen, or polled. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. 296. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 357 George Everinden by deed-poll..did give, grant, and confirm, to his two daughters, all the rents and profits of two tenements. 1847C. G. Addison Law of Contracts i. i. §1 (1883) 22 Deed poll. |