misdraft

Noun

misdraft (plural misdrafts)

1. An error in the process of drafting (any sense).
   • In weaving, the defects which cling to the goods to the very end are temple-marks, which show up on light shade satines, on linings and beetled work; misdrafts, on twills, welts, etc.; reed-marks, which ruin the finish of the finest satines; and the mixing of mule and ring filling, of American and...1899, Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
   • Any hon. member who has given any serious attention or thought or any study to the Bill would realise, however, that even in what I may with repect term the silly misdraft of Clause l as it at present stands, this Bill does nothing in the way of dividing the Crown.1937, South Africa. Parliament. House of Assembly, Debates of the ... Session of the ... Parliament of the House of Assembly, volume 28

Verb

IPA/mɪsˈdɹæft/

misdraft (third-person singular simple present misdrafts, present participle misdrafting, simple past and past participle misdrafted)

1. To make an error while drafting (any sense).
   • And facilities which contain complex options are more likely to be misdrafted by lawyers who do not understand the way in which the transaction is supposed to work and therefore find it hard to express it clearly.1989, Thomas Hay Donaldson, Credit Risk and Exposure in Securitization and Transactions, page 110
   • In particular, checking ewe tag numbers mated to a particular ram, both prior to and after joining, was essential to detect misdrafting and “fence jumping”.1993, A.M. Crawford, M.L. Tate, J.C. McEwan, G. Kumaramanickavel, K.M. McEwan, K.G. Dodds, P.A. Swarbrick, P. Thompson, “How Reliale are Sheep Pedigrees?”, in Proceedings of the New Zealand Society...