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Originally posted by Dave_the_quack:
You can tell people what to call you, but that does not make it legally binding (on paper, at least)
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That's where your wrong.
It's just as legal as a deed poll... A deed poll is just a way of proving that you are known by your new name, it's basicaly your promissing not to use any other name but the one you have chosen.
But it's no more legal than putting an annoucment in the local paper declairing that you've changed your name.
In fact you don't have to make any big declariation, just wake up one day and think "I want to be called [name] from now on" and as long as you go by that name alone it's perfectly legal.
So you see, there is no legal system to changing name, there are things that can assist a change of name such as the aformentioned deed poll, but they are not required.