CAPIAS AD COMPUTANDUM
\kˈe͡ɪpi͡əz ˈad kˌɒmpjuːtˈandəm], \kˈeɪpiəz ˈad kˌɒmpjuːtˈandəm], \k_ˈeɪ_p_iə_z ˈa_d k_ˌɒ_m_p_j_uː_t_ˈa_n_d_ə_m]\
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Practice. A writ issued in the action of account render, upon the judgment quod computet, when the defendant refuses to appear, in his proper person, before the auditors, and enter into his account. According to the ancient practice, the defendant, after arrest upon this process, might be delivered on main-prize, or in default of finding mainpernors, he was committed to the Fleet prison, where the auditors attended upon him to hear and receive his account. As the object of this process is to compel the defendant to render an account, it does not appear to be within the scope of acts abolishing imprisonment for debt. For precedents, see Thesaurus Brevium, 38, 39, 40; 3 Leon. 149; 1 Lutw. 47, 51 Co. Ent. 46, 47; Rast. Ent. 14, b, 15.
By John Bouvier
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