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GUACHA
, Vigil, speculator. Statuta Arelat. MSS. art. 80 : Commune habent in dicto castro tres Guachas et unum fornerium et unum porterium. Art. 116 : Guacha stet continue cum cornu in aliquo loco Arelatis, in quo concilium convenerit, qui buccinet, etc. Transactio anni 1284 : Item dicebant custodiam civitatis, et excubias, et Guachas, et exanguachas, custodiam portarum civitatis ad se pertinere in solidum, et non pro parte, tam tempore pacis quam belli. Hinc liquet quid sit Guaccia, quam mox ait Cangius esse speciem tributi ; est enim census, quem exsolvebant vassalli pro custodia castrorum dominicorum, et quem aliis nominibus Guetagium, Watagium, Wardagium, etc. appellabant. Vide Wactæ et Gacha.

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