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Definition of deed poll in English: deed pollnoun English Law A legal deed made and executed by one party only, especially to formalize a change of a person's name. he changed his name by deed poll Example sentencesExamples - For a reasonable fee, a solicitor will arrange a simple name change by deed poll.
- Literally, if a new series doesn't inspire at least 50 people to change their name by deed poll to that of one of the show's characters, it's deemed an irrevocable failure.
- Paul's answer is to change his first name via deed poll for the princely sum of just a tad under thirty quid.
- As we mentioned above, it was at this time that he changed his name by deed poll from Neumann to Newman.
- Inebriated, both of them decided to change their names by deed poll for a bet.
Origin Late 16th century: so named because the parchment was ‘polled’ or cut cleanly, not indented at the edges as in the case of a deed made by two parties. |