deed poll

noun

1. 单务契约，单边契据（由一方签立，尤为更改姓名）
   a legal document signed by only one person, especially in order to change their name
   1. Smith changed his name by deed poll to Jervis-Smith.
      史密斯通过单边契据将自己的名字更改为杰维斯—史密斯。

1. (在英国)通过单务契约(更名等)
   In Britain, if you change your name by deed poll, you change it officially and legally.

1. We have processed a number of crazy name changes to date, but this is the longest one on record, said Tina Clough, spokesperson for The Legal Deed Poll Service, which handles name change requests in England.
   迄今为止，我们处理过大量千奇百怪的名字变更，但这是所有登记在册的名字中最长的一个，英国负责名字变更请求的法律契约服务中心发言人蒂娜·克劳夫说。
2. Dr Foy, whose marriage ended in the1990s, changed her name by deed poll in1993.
   Foy医生在90年代结束了婚姻，在1993年的时候通过单务契据改变了她的名字。
3. He changed his name by deed poll.
   他根据单务契约改了名。

noun

1. a deed made and executed by only one party