Related%20passage for Bava Kamma 5:5

הַחוֹפֵר בּוֹר בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד וּפְתָחוֹ לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, אוֹ בִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים וּפְתָחוֹ לִרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד, בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד וּפְתָחוֹ לִרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד אַחֵר, חַיָּב. הַחוֹפֵר בּוֹר בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, וְנָפַל לְתוֹכוֹ שׁוֹר אוֹ חֲמוֹר וָמֵת, חַיָּב. אֶחָד הַחוֹפֵר בּוֹר, שִׁיחַ וּמְעָרָה, חֲרִיצִין וּנְעִיצִין, חַיָּב. אִם כֵּן, לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר בּוֹר, מַה בּוֹר שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ כְדֵי לְהָמִית, עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אַף כֹּל שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ כְדֵי לְהָמִית, עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים. הָיוּ פְחוּתִין מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, וְנָפַל לְתוֹכוֹ שׁוֹר אוֹ חֲמוֹר וָמֵת, פָּטוּר. וְאִם הֻזַּק בּוֹ, חַיָּב:

If one dug a bor (see 1:1) in a private domain and opened it to the public domain, or in the public domain and opened it to a private domain, or in one private domain and opened it to another private domain, he is liable. [Even though there is no public domain element here, he is liable (this, on condition that he declare his domain with the opening to the bor hefker (ownerless)]. If one dug a bor in the public domain, and there fell into it an ox or an ass and it died, he is liable. Both one who digs a bor, [which is round], a shiach, [long and narrow], a me'arah, [square and vaulted, but having a mouth], charitzin, [broad and square like a me'arah, but not vaulted], or ne'itzin, [narrow below and wide above] is liable. Why, then, is "bor" written? Just as a bor is deep enough to kill — ten tefachim (handbreadths), ["bor," unqualified, being ten tefachim deep], so [are included] all that are deep enough to kill — ten tefachim. If it were less than ten tefachim and there fell into it an ox or an ass and it died, he is not liable. And if it were injured, he is liable.

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