deed poll

English

Noun

deed poll (plural deeds poll)

1. (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[a. 1832].
2. (law, UK, Ireland) A deed that effects a change of an individual's name.

   I changed my name by deed poll.

References

• “deed poll”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.