D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Deed poll

/dēd pōl/ · Deed· poll · IPA
01 A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut eve…
  1. 1.
    A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented.(Law)