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
For the DC Comics characters, see Computo (comics) and Computo (Danielle Foccart).

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.

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