Computo Explained
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