| aman | peaceful relationships |
| awakel | wise men |
| bedna | extended families |
| derbah | customary laws, legislations |
| Diwan ’aam | a Council created by Napoleon |
| diyah | a certain amount of money paid as compensation to the family of the victim |
| esmah | husband's matrimonial authority |
| el tarbah | quadruple |
| farouka | a type of contract known in Egyptian customs |
| geziah | head tax |
| had (pi. hudud) | a punishment specified in the Koran |
| Hadith | Sayings of the Prophet |
| Hagfa | a meeting in which the Awlad Ali tribal community set out to pass customary laws |
| Hijra | Islamic Year |
| ijmah | consensus |
| ijtihad | the process of extracting and formulating new rules from the Koran and other authentic sources of the Shari'a |
| iltizam | a system of tax collection |
| istihsan | preponderance of opinion |
| isnad | ascription, or tracing of a Hadith to the Prophet Mohammed |
| i'zar | release from commitment |
| Jamrah | explanations and comments added to the Meshnah |
| kebara | compensation estimated at a certain amount of money and certain animals |
| khurag | land tax |
| mahr | bridal money |
| Meshnah | verbal or second Turah |
| mi'ad | customary council |
| millah | village |
| multazimin | tax collectors |
| muradi | conciliator |
| muta | compensation to the divorcee |
| nuzzar | blood-money |
| qiyas | analogy |
| Shan'a | Islamic law |
| sheikhas | men of religion |
| Sunna | the Tradition of the Prophet Mohammed |
| ta'a | asking the wife to come to the husband's house in case of unlawful desertion |
| takadum | the passing of a certain time which may lead to the loss of a right |
| ta'zir | crimes for which penalties are not specified |
| Turah | Old Testament |
| udah | period of retirement before remarriage |
| ulema | religious scholar |
| wakf | public endowments |
| wilaya | administrative provisions |
| Wali | Governor, Administration |