The common term for a bill of exchange ; as being drawn by one person onanother. Hinnemann v. Rosenhack, 39 N. Y. 100; Douglass v. Wilkeson, 0 Wend. (N. Y.) 043.An order for the payment of money drawn by one person on another. It is said to bea nomen general I si mum, and to include all such orders. Wildes v. Savage, 1 Story,30, 29 Fed. Cas. 1226; State v. Warner, 60 Kan. 94, 55 Pac. 342.Draft also signifies a tentative, provisional , or preparatory writing out of any document(as a will, contract, lease, etc.) for purposes of discussion and correction, andwhich is afterwards to be copied out in its final shape.Also a small arbitrary deduction or allowance made to a merchant or Importer, in the case of goods sold by weight or taxableby weight, to cover possible loss of weight in handling or from differences inscales. Marriott v. Brune, 9 How. 033, 13 L. Ed. 2S2: Seel ergcr v. Mfg. Co.. 157 U. S.183, 15 Sup. Ct. 583, 39 L. Ed. 005; Napier v. Barney, 17 Fed. Cas. 1149.
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