Account
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In practice
A writ or action at common law, (sometimes called "account render,") which lies against a person who, by reason of his office or business as bailiff, receiver, or guardian, ought to render an account to another, but refuses to do so.
Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 116; Co. Litt. 172.
Account is a writ or action brought against a person who, by means of his office as a guardian, or for some business he has undertaken as an agent, or some money he has received for another, ought to render an account to him, and refuses to do it; and he that calls him to an account shall recover of him not only what shall be found due, but also damages for the wrong done him.
1 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 128.