Code of Hammurabi § 124 (King translation)

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Code of Hammurabi § 124

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Codex Hammurabi (King translation)

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If any one place his property with another for safe keeping, and there, either through thieves or robbers, his property and the property of the other man be lost, the owner of the house, through whose neglect the loss took place, shall compensate the owner for all that was given to him in charge. But the owner of the house shall try to follow up and recover his property, and take it away from the thief.

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If he turn it over for safe keeping without witness or contract, and if he to whom it was given deny it, then he has no legitimate claim.