Write a short note on Deed Poll.

A deed between two or more parties where as many copies are made as there are parties, so that each may be in possession of a copy. This arrangement is known as deed pool. In other words A deed poll is a legal document binding only to a single person or several persons acting jointly to express an active intention. A deed made and executed by a single party e.g. power of attorney, is called a deed poll, because in olden times, it was polled or cut level at the top. It had a polled or clean cut edge. It is generally used for the purpose of granting powers of attorney and for exercising powers of appointment or setting out an arbitrator's award. It is drawn in first person usually.