Poll

A head. Hence poll tax is the name of a tax imposed upon the people at so much a head. To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall himself declare what is his verdict. This may be done, at the instance of either party, at any time before the verdict is recorded, according to the practice in some states. See 3 Cow. (N. Y.) 23; 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 188; 1 111. 109; 7 111. 342; 9 111. 336. In some states it lies in the discretion of the judge. 1 Mc Cord (S. C.) 24, 525; 22 Ga. 431. In Conveyancing. A deed poll, or single deed, is one made by a single party, whose edges are polled, or shaved even, in distinction from an "indenture," whose sides are indented, and which is executed by more than one party. 2 Bl. Comm. 296. See "Deed Poll."

A head. Hence poll-tax is the name of a tax imposed upon the people at so much a head. This may be done, at the instance of either party, at any time before the verdict is recorded, according to the practice in some states. See People v. Goodwin, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 188, 9 Am. Dec. 203. In some states it lies in the discretion of the judge; Martin v. Maverick, 1 Mc Cord (S. C.) 24; State v. Allen, 1 Mc Cord (S. C.) 525, 10 Am. Dec. 687; Beale v. Ilall, 22 Ga. 4.31. A defendant has a right to a poll of the jury to ascertain whether each member concurs in the verdict but the exact words used by the juror in answering are immaterial, if they indicate clearly the assent of the individual mind to the verdict; Com. v. Buccieri, 153 Pa. 535, 26 Atl. 228. Whore a court directs a verdict, a party is not entitled to have the jury polled; Donoghue v. R. Co., 87 Mich. 13, 49 N. W. 512. In Massachusetts it is not the right of the party, even in a capital case, to poll the jury; Com. v. Costley, 118 Mass. 1. In Conveyancing. See Deed Poll.

n. A head; an individual person; a register of persons. In the law of elections, a list or register of heads or individuals who may vote in an election; the aggregate of those who actually cast their votes at the election, excluding those who stay away. De Soto Parish v. Williams, 49 La. Ann. 422, 21 South. 647, 37 L. R. A. 761. See, alao, Polls.

To single out, separately each juror

5 1, n. A head; a person. Polls. Individual persons; also, the place ■where electors are counted, and the votes by which they are counted. Whence polling place. Challenge to the polls. A challenge to single persons as jurors.^ See Challenge, 3. Deed-poll. A deed made by one party only, the edges of the instrument being " polled " or shaven even.' See further Deed, 2. Poll-tax. A tax upon individual persons. See Tax, 2. 3, V. To enter the names of persons on a list or in a registry, as, for purposes of taxation, or voting. Poll a jury. To call the names of the persons who compose a jury and require each man to declare his verdict before it is recorded. In most of the States it is the absolute right of an accused person to poll the jury. The right did not exist at common law; it seems to have grown up in ■practice.^ • 1 Twenty Per Cent. Cases, 13 Wall. 576 (1871), Clifford, J. 2 People u. Morgan, 90 111. 563 (1878). s Chesterfield v. Janssen, 2 Ves. Sr. *156 (1750), Hardwicke, Ld. Ch. * Mississippi v. Johnson, 4 Wall. 475 (186G). ^ O. Dut. polle, a head or pate. ' See 3 Bl. Com. 361; 4 id. 352. The rulings differ as to-Mie right of a party to demand a poll of the jury. In some States, in both civil and criminal cases, the right may not be denied; in others, the matter is left to the discretion of the trial judge.!

Originally, the head; hence, secondarily, it stands for an individual person. Counting the polls is enumerating the individuals in a body; a challenge to the polls is a challenge of single jurors. See Challenge. Polling a jury is asking each individual for his verdict; polling electors is taking their votes, man by man; a poll-tax is a tax of a specific sum upon each person, as distinguished from a tax on property. More remote uses of the word are notheir votes, man by man; a deed polled, or a deed-poll, is one shaved smooth, like a priest's poll. See Dbkd; Indenture.

A head. Hence poll tax is the name of a tax imposed upon the people at so much a head. To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall himself declare what is his verdict.