DEED POLL

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.

DEED POOL

A deed between two or more parties where as many copies are made as there are parties, so that each party may be in a possession of a copy. This arrangement is known as deed pool.

DOCUMENT

"Document" as defined in Section 31(18) of General Clauses Act, 1894 means any matter expressed or described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of those means, intended to be used, or which may be used, for the purpose of recording that matter.