deed poll
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8.2
- noun
- /diːd pəʊl/
- UK
:
cambio de nombre
- So she officially changed her name via deed poll to regain access to her account.
So she officially changed her name via deed poll to regain access to her account.
- So she officially changed her name via deed poll to regain access to her account.
Examples
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After completing the paperwork, he received his deed poll, confirming his official name change.
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A potential name change by deed poll would be suggested.
Blog text (12) -
When I sent in a name change request and a copy of my deed poll, I thought there we go, job done.
Blog text (3) -
The guy on the phone looked at the letter, looked at the deed poll, and simply didn't get it.
Blog text (3) -
She changed her name legally by deed poll to reflect her new identity.
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To update her driver's license, she submitted her deed poll to the relevant authorities.
Surface Forms
Morphology
deed + poll
Although 'deed' signals a document, the element 'poll' is archaic/specialized and not transparently connected to the notion of changing a name; a B1 learner who knows common senses of 'deed' and 'poll' (e.g. vote) would not predict the legal sense. The term is a fixed legal phrase whose specific function (a document to effect a name change) is lexicalized and culture-specific, so its meaning cannot be reliably derived from the constituents.
Etymology
Deed poll comes from old legal papers. Long ago, when people made two copies of a document they cut the top in a jagged way so the two edges would match, but a deed with a straight edge was called a poll and meant the paper was for a single person. That's why a deed poll today is the legal paper one person signs 'to change their name'.