Deed Poll
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A deed which is made by one party only. A deed in which only the party making it executes it or binds himself by it as a deed.
3 Washb. R. P. 311.
The term is now applied in practice mainly to deeds by sheriffs, executors, administrators, trustees, and the like. The distinction between deed poll and Indenture has come to be of but little importance. The ordinary purpose of a deed poll is merely to transfer the rights of the grantor to the grantee. It was formerly called charta de una parte, and usually began with these words, Sciant prcesentes et futuri quod ego, A, etc.; and now begins, "Know all men by these presents (taken from the early language of writs; 3 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 193) that I, A B, have given, granted, and enfeoffed, and by these presents do give, grant, and enfeoff," etc. Cruise, Dig. tit.
32, c. 1, s. 23.
See Indenture.
See Indenture.