Hilchot Nizkei Mamon

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Hilchot Nizkei Mamon is the section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies the laws governing damages and liabilities caused by a person’s property.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf halakhic code
section of Mishneh Torah
aim systematic codification of laws of property damage
alternativeTransliteration Hilchot Nezikei Mamon
author Maimonides
Moses ben Maimon
linked to: Maimonides
basedOn Geonic responsa
Halakhic midrashim
Talmud Bavli
Talmud Yerushalmi
focusesOn categories of primary damagers (avot nezikin)
damages caused by a person’s property in general
damages caused by a pit
damages caused by an ox
damages caused by fire
full damages (nezek shalem)
half damages (chatzi nezek)
indirect damages
owner’s responsibility to guard property
secondary forms of damage (toladot nezikin)
shared liability between partners in property
tam and mu’ad status of an ox
genre legal code
includedIn corpus of rabbinic literature
influencedBy Talmudic tractate Bava Batra
Talmudic tractate Bava Kamma
Talmudic tractate Bava Metzia
linked to: Bava Metzia
language Hebrew
legalDomain Jewish civil law
tort law in halakha
legalPrinciple different categories of damagers entail different levels of liability
obligation to compensate the injured party
person is liable for damage caused by his property when negligent
legalStatus normative halakhic code in many Jewish communities
partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Nezikin (in Mishneh Torah classification)
linked to: Sefer Nezikin
placeOfComposition Egypt
religiousTradition Judaism
subject damages caused by property
laws of damages
liability for one’s property
monetary liability
timePeriod 12th century
titleLanguage Hebrew
titleMeaning “Laws of Damages Caused by Property”
usedFor halakhic study
practical halakhic rulings in monetary law

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Sefer Nezikin hasPart Hilchot Nizkei Mamon
Hilchot Nizkei Mamon alternativeTransliteration Hilchot Nezikei Mamon
linked to: Hilchot Nizkei Mamon
Hilchot Chovel uMazik relatedWork Hilchot Nizkei Mamon
Hilchot Shecheinim partOfSeries Mishneh Torah – Sefer Nezikim
linked to: Hilchot Nizkei Mamon
Bava Metzia influenced Mishneh Torah civil law sections
linked to: Hilchot Nizkei Mamon