Definition of draftsman in English:
draftsman
nounPlural draftsmen ˈdrɑːf(t)smənˈdræf(t)smən
1A person who drafts legal documents.
parliamentary draftsmen seem to delight in complicating even the simplest provision
Example sentencesExamples
- If they had wanted legal advice, then they should have appointed a legal assessor, not a draftsman and made that clear to the parties.
- It seems to me that words have been used intentionally by a draftsman in a field where authority has laid down what those words will be taken to mean.
- This is too complex a matter to be left in the clandestine care of legal draftsmen.
- Those authorities will have been consistently acted upon by draftsmen, receivers and others.
- Fortunately, the draftsmen of the ICC Statute made a significant contribution, when they endeavoured to define as precisely as possible the various categories of crimes.
- The loophole that led to the collapse of the ban had escaped the gaze of the legal draftsmen, the Attorney General and the Cabinet.
- Last night, a Government spokesperson insisted the bill was put together by the parliamentary draftsman's office and the Attorney General.
- Now, it does not matter whether they have said that or not, because it is implied by federal law, but it is a little unfair to the Victorian draftsman, or the general draftsman, to say that the section in some way conflicts.
- He said there were two clear organisations - a supporters group and a political party - and while it may not have pleased a legal draftsman it was the way the party chose to establish itself.
- Among those attending the meeting were all key draftsmen of the Nepad plan.
- This argument is based on the proposition that where a draftsman of a document has expressed himself differently in two places, there is a presumption that he did so because he intended two different effects.
- Also among the first band of swimmers was a legal costs draftsman.
- Even if the documents had been with the costs draftsman the Respondent could have gained access to them or could have obtained a copy.
- The parliamentary draftsman would have had in mind the speech of Lord
- The documentary advertisements that the draftsman of the Act had in mind would have had some quality of permanence.
- The legal statement of rights is, in some respects, a codification of the rule of law by lawyers and legal draftsmen.
- If your Honours look at the terminology, your Honours might have a view as to what the draftsman was concerned to guard against in coming to draft section 476.
- She said: ‘Nobody is infallible, including parliamentary draftsmen.’
- On an ethical issue we depend far more on professional integrity than on text cobbled together by the parliamentary draftsman.
- The parliamentary draftsmen in 1996 widened the classes of people not eligible, so the clause now covers anybody who contested general elections.
2North American
variant spelling of draughtsman
Rhymes
craftsman, craftsmen, draftsmen, draughtsman, draughtsmen, raftsman, raftsmen
Definition of draftsman in US English:
draftsman
(British draughtsman)
nounˈdraf(t)smənˈdræf(t)smən
1A person who makes detailed technical plans or drawings.
- 1.1 An artist skilled in drawing.
2A person who drafts legal documents.