draft 1 n
1: a preliminary version of something (as a law)
2 a: a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for military service)
b: the act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without his or her expressed consent
3: an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another see also drawee, drawer compare check
documentary draft: a draft that will be honored only upon the presentation of certain documents (as an invoice or certificate of title)
sight draft: a draft payable on presentation
time draft: a draft payable a specified number of days after the date of the draft or of its presentation
draft 2 vt
1: to select for some purpose; specif: to conscript for military service
2: to compose or prepare esp. the preliminary version of
draft ing legislation
vi: to practice draftsmanship
draft·er n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.