A preliminary version of a document or letter intended for comment and if necessary amendment. For example at the start of a divorce the solicitor may send the client a draft initial letter addressed to the client’s spouse for the client to comment on before it is sent. Similarly when the parties to a divorce have agreed on a financial settlement, one of the two solicitors will produce a draft court order for submission to the court for the district judge to approve. The draft order will first be sent to the other solicitor for comment and if necessary amendment.