Lewis & Short

compĕrendĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [comperendinus], jurid. t. t.; prop. of the judge,

  1. I. to cite a defendant to a new time of trial, appointed on the third following day or later: reum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26; 2, 1, 7, § 20.
  2. II. Meton., of the party which demands the deferring: ut ante primos ludos comperendinem, Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 34 Klotz ad loc.