Deed Poll

Introduction:

Conveyancing in India has evolved, and words like, 'Qabuliyatnama', 'Jagirdar', 'Muafidar' and 'Charpatra (Redemption of rent)' etc., are occurring from ancient days in the Indian literature. In India, the forms of conveyancing are based on the present-day English forms and are more transaction specific in nature as compared to the ancient one. Thus, as in England and so in India, too, there are two types of Deeds, (i) Deed Poll and (ii) Indenture.

It has been rightly said, "deeds are instruments, but all instruments are not deeds." Deeds are of various forms, and they are usually classified as unilateral deeds or bilateral deeds or multilateral deeds. The deeds which are made only by one party are known as Deed Poll and they are generally drafted in first person. Those deeds wherein there are two or more parties involved are called as Indentures.¹