deed poll的词源

英文词源

deed poll: deed poll: [16] Contrary to what the term’s modern pronunciation might seem to suggest, with the main stress on its first element rather than its second, a deed poll is a sort of deed, not a sort of poll. It originally referred to a legal document made and signed by one person only. Such documents were drawn up on parchment cut evenly, or ‘polled’, rather than indented, as was the case with documents relating to two or more people.

deed, 契约。poll, 修剪，剪掉。即相对于传统的锯齿状的对双边有约束关系的契约（合同）而言，这种契约是剪纸状的，只对单方面有效，主要用于更改名字，严格来讲不属于契约。

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