Computo
In archaic law, a computo was a writ, thus called from its effect, which was to compel a person to yield his accounts. It was made and enforceable against the following persons:
- executors of executors
- the guardian in socage, for waste such as major dilapidations made or suffered in the minority (under legal age period) of the heir
- a bailiff
- a chamberlain
- a receiver
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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