I've been wondering about the term "drafting body" for bodies that prepare different matters in an organisation; I understand the use of "drafting" when there's actually a draft for something being drawn up, but as I understand it, this term ("drafting body") is used also for bodies that just prepare cases, without actually drafting any documents as such.
So, I'm wondering whether "draft" also has a wider meaning of 'prepare' besides the more concrete meaning of writing a first version of a document? I've checked some dictionaries, but haven't been able to find an answer to this...