ˈpoll deed Now rare.
[f. poll a. + deed.]
= deed poll.
| 1523 Fitzherb. Surv. 20 Estates made of free lande by polle dede or dede indented. 1597 in Cal. Proc. Chanc. Q. Eliz. (1827) I. Introd. 146 As by the said pole deede, and the chirographe of the said fine..yt doth and maye appeare. 1627 Hakewill Apol. i. v. 47 The Pole-deede of their evidence, is this. 1854 W. Peirce Princ. & Polity Wesleyan Methodists Index, Poll Deed [i.e. ‘The Deed of Declaration of the Reverend John Wesley’]. 1899 Daily News 19 July 3/5 The President thought he would prepare to some extent for the duties, so read the Poll Deed. |