[xvii] açut (Val.): diversion dam
alamí (Val.): see amîn
Al-Andalus (Ar.): Islamic Iberia
Albufera (Val.): fresh-water lake south of the city of Valencia
almenara (Val.): see return ditch
alter (Val.): field at so high an elevation that it could be irrigated only when the canal ran full or was backed up by checks
amîn (Ar.): irrigation or guild functionary
boquera (Val.): field turn-out
cafizate: square measure equal to six fanecates
canal check: obstruction placed in a channel to raise or slow down flow
cequia (Val.): irrigation canal
cequia maior (Val.): main canal, usually of a town
cequia mare (Val.): "mother canal", that is, main canal
cequiatge (Val.): canal maintenance tax
cequier (Val.): irrigation officer
crida (Val.): "cry",an official municipal communication as announced publicly by the town crier
divisor: structure dividing flow of an irrigation channel into two or more parts
fanecate: square measure equal to 831 square meters
fila (Val.): 1) proportional measure of water; 2) secondary irrigation channel
fueros (Cast.): laws of the realm
hereter (Val.): member of an irrigation community
huerta (Cast.): intensively irrigated alluvial region
[xviii] jovate: square measure equal to six cafizates or thirty-six fanecates
jurate: municipal executive officer
justiciar: municipal judge (there were two, a civil justiciar and a criminal justiciar)
Libros de Repartimiento (Cast.): registers of land newly distributed after the conquest from the Muslims
llaurador (Val.): cultivator
marjal (Val.): marshy, swampy area (when capitalized, the marshland to the south of the city of Valencia, between Russafa    and the Albufera)
mulnar (Val.): water measure (amount of water that could move one millstone)
mustasaf (Val.): municipal public health and market officer
partidor (Val.): 1) divisor; 2) minor official of the irrigation community
pecunia comuna (Val.): general fund of the municipal treasury in which fines were deposited
porter (Val.): enforcement officer on staff of governor
Pueblos Castillos (Cast.): several villages upstream of the Valencian huerta which drew water from the Guadalaviar River.
qadâ' (Ar): judgeship. the office of qâdi
rech (Val.): service area of a canal
regadiu (Val.): irrigated land
return ditch: channel carrying water from an irrigation canal back to the river or from a secondary channel to the main canal
roll (Val.): canal turn-out
sâhib al-sâqiya (Ar.): "master of the canal" (irrigation official)
secá (Val.): unirrigated land
syndic: 1) elected deputy of any group; 2) municipal financial and administrative officer subordinate to the jurates
tanda (Val.): irrigation turn
turn-out: channel or orifice leading from a main canal to a secondary channel, or from a canal to an individual field
vega (Cast.): alluvial valley floor, usually irrigated

ACV:  Archivo de la Catedral de Valencia

AHN:  Archivo Histórico Nacional (Madrid)

AMC:  Archivo Municipal de Castellón

AMV:  Archivo Municipal de Valencia

ARV:  Archivo del Reino de Valencia

BSCC:  Boletín de la Sociedad Castellonense de Cultura

CSIC:  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicasm

RDTP:  Revista de dialectología y tradiciones populares (Madrid)