Computo

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

In archaic law, a computo was a writ, thus called from its effect, which was to compel a person to yield their 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. `{{cite encyclopedia}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)

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