Baba Kama 4:8-9

Baba Kama 4:8

If an ox was being taken out for stoning and its owner consecrated it to the Temple, the consecration is ineffective. If he slaughters it, the meat is prohibited. If the owner consecrates the ox before the court sentences it, the consecration takes effect. If he slaughters it at this time, the meat is permitted.

Baba Kama 4:9

If the owner of an ox hands it over to an unpaid watchman, a borrower, a paid watchman or a renter, this person takes the place of the owner. If the ox has a presumption that it will gore (muad), this person must pay full damages; if it has no such presumption (tam), he pays half-damages. If the ox’s owner tied it up or locked it in but it got out and caused damage, Rabbi Meir says the owner is liable regardless of whether it was a tam or a muad. Rabbi Yehuda says that the owner is liable for a tam but not for a muad since Exodus 21:36 specifies regarding a muad that “the owner didn’t guard it,” excluding an ox that is even minimally guarded. Rabbi Eliezer says that a muad can only be completely guarded with a knife (i.e., by slaughtering it).