One must distance his tree twenty-five cubits from a pit, and in [the case of] carob or sycamore trees, fifty cubits, whether from above or from the side. If the pit was there first, he cuts [it] down and pays compensation; if the tree was there first, he may not cut [it] down. [If it is] uncertain which was first, he may not cut [it] down. R' Yose says: Even if the pit preceded the tree he may not cut [it] down, because this one digs within his property and that one plants within his property.

A man may not plant a tree near the field of another unless he distances [the tree] four cubits from it, whether vines or any other tree. [If] there was a fence in between, this one may approach the fence on this side and that one may approach the fence on that side.  [If] the roots extended into his neighbor's [property], he may [cut them off] to a depth of three handbreadths, so that they should not impede the plow. [If] he was digging a pit, a ditch, or a vault, he may cut downward, and the wood belongs to him.

[If] a tree's [branches] extend over the field of another, he may cut [them] off to the height of an ox-goad raised over the plow; with a carob or sycamore tree, [he may cut them] along the plumb line. [In the case of] an irrigated field, [he may cut the branches of] any tree along the plumb line. Abba Shaul says: [He may cut] any nonfruit-bearing tree along the plumb line.

[If] a tree extends over the public domain, one may cut [it] so that a camel can pass [beneath it] with its rider. R' Yehudah says: A camel bearing flax or bundles of branches. R' Shimon says: The entire tree [is cut] along the plumb line because of tumah.