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From the Code of

HAMMURABI

King of Babylon (2200 BC)

If a builder builds a house for a man and do not make its construction firm and the house which he has built collapse and cause the death of the owner of the house - that builder shall be put to death.

If it cause the death of the son of the owner of the house - they shall put to death a son of that builder

If it cause the death of a slave of the owner of the house - he shall give to the owner a slave of equal value.

If it destroy property, he shall restore whatever it destroyed, and because he did not make the house which he built firm and it collapsed, he shall rebuild the house which collapsed at his own expense.

If a builder build a house for a man and do not make its construction meet the requirements and a wall fall in, that builder shall strengthen the wall at his own expense

 Translated by R.F. Harper, "Code of Hammurabi" p. 83

Original Code in Babylonian text

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