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 A [[deed]], also known as an [[indenture]], is a written legal agreement that has been signed and [[Deliver|delivered]] and which is enforceable even in the absence of consideration. There are formal requirements for it to be executed.
-Originally, an indenture was identified by physical indentation or serration of one edge of the document.
+Originally, an [[indenture]] was identified by physical indentation or serration of one edge of the document — the edges had not been cut straight (or “polled”) as they would be if it was executed by just one party, and was thus a “[[deed poll]]”.
-If there is only one party to the [[deed]], one calls it a [[deed poll]] — which happens the mechanism by which one legally changes one’s name.
 ===Signed, Sealed, [[Deliver|Delivered]] - I'm yours===