Capias Ad Computandum
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A writ which issued in the action of account rendered upon the judgment quod computet, when the defendant refused to appear in his proper person before the auditors and enter into his account- According to the ancient practice, the defendant might, after arrest upon this process, be delivered on mainprize, or, in default of finding mainpernors, was committed to the Fleet prison, where the auditors attended upon him to hear and receive his account. 'Hie writ is now disused.
Consult Thesaurus Brevium 38; Coke, Entries 46, 47; Rastell, Entries 14 b. 15.