By Chinua Asuzu
A deed poll isn’t an affidavit and shouldn’t be combined with an affidavit. They’re two separate documents. They’re two separate concepts.
A deed poll is nothing new in our jurisprudence. Look 👀 up deed poll in Black’s Law Dictionary and other sources.
A power of attorney is a good example of a deed poll, although many lawyers, ex abundanti cautela, make the donee a party. Only one party executes a deed poll. Deed poll samples abound in Kelly’s Draftsman and its younger editions.
As we all know, a deed, whether poll or otherwise, is a document under seal.
Note: If, as a lawyer, you don’t use a law dictionary every week and an English dictionary several times a week, you might be on a fast track to illiteracy.
