"draft the contract" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when instructing an individual or group to begin creating a binding agreement between two or more parties. For example, "Please draft the contract outlining the terms of the merger between ABC Corporation and XYZ Corporation by the end of the week."
He even let them draft the contract, it said.
He helped draft the Contract with America, which helped the Republicans take over the House.
He had worked for Dick Armey in the House and had helped draft the Contract with America.
"Sit-downs usually happen when there are anxious parties on both sides who don't want to wait for their attorneys to draft the contract," he said.
Frank Luntz, the consultant who helped draft the Contract With America, which helped bring House Republicans to power in 1995, said he could not recall a politician who had taken a step as bold as Mr. Bloomberg's.
At the end of shura, the parties draft the contract and sign on to its provisions - leaving only the Sub-Governor to add his signature to make it official.
Either the notary or a real estate agent can draft the contracts; but it is the notary who determines that the property is indeed owned by the seller and is free of debt.
They are responsible for drafting the contract, assessing the need for property surveys, and searching the local Land Registry for history of ownership.
The trial over that lawsuit shifted in tone on Thursday, when Steven L. Fasman, a lawyer at MacAndrews, who drafted the contract that is at the heart of the case, took the stand to testify in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
Judge Carter wrote: "This leaves only plaintiff's own self-serving testimony that he drafted the contract, that he and Dash signed it and that he lost track of it in 1998.
"At my request - I drafted the contract and agreed terms - my role went from executive chairman to non-executive chairman in January 2013.
