- Computo
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- For the DC Comics characters, see Computo (comics) and Computo (Danielle Foccart).
In archaic law, a computo was a writ, thus called from its effect, which was to compel a bailiff, chamberlain, or receiver to yield his accounts. The same was true for executors of executors; and against the guardian in socage, for waste made in the minority of the heir.
This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
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