draft

draft
An order in writing by one person on another to pay a sum of money therein specified to a third person on demand or at a future time therein stated. 11 Am J2d B & N § 14. A term completely synonymous with "bill of exchange." See State v Di Nocla, 163 Ohio St 140, 56 Ohio Ops 185, 126 NE2d 62. A term preferable to bill of exchange in the connotation of commercial paper. UCC § 3-104(2)(a). In military parlance, the enforcement of the duty of a citizen to perform military service. Lanahan v Birge, 30 Conn 438, 443. An arbitrary deduction from the gross weight of an imported article, formerly employed in customs offices to assure the importer that he was not prejudiced by the scales used. 21 Am J2d Cust D § 87; sometimes spelled "draught." A copy of an instrument, such as a will, otherwise known as a first draft, from which the executed instrument was drawn. A rough copy of a plan for the construction of a building or other structure. A bank draft is a bill of exchange drawn by a bank; where drawn upon another bank, it has the same general effect as a check drawn by an ordinary person. 11 Am J2d B & N § 14. See military draft; overdraft; selective draft.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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