Capias Ad Computandum
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A writ which issued in the action of account render 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. The writ is now disused.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the action of account render, after judgment of quod computet, if the defendant refuses to appear personally before the auditors and make his account, a writ by this name may issue to compel him.
Defined under Capias in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the action of aceouns render, after judgment of quod computet, ifthe defendant refuses to appear personally before the auditors and make his account, a writ by this name may issue to compel him.