The following must swear although no claim is lodged: partners, sharecroppers, administrators, the wife who manages the af-fairs of the house, and the son of the house. [If] he said to him, “What claim do you lodge against me?” [and he replied,] “I want you to swear to me” —- he is liable.  Once the partners or the sharecroppers divided —- he cannot make him swear. [If] an oath was im-posed upon him from elsewhere —- they impose upon him an oath for the entire claim. The Shemittah year releases [one from] an oath.

There are four [types of] shomerim: the un-paid shomer, the borrower, the paid shomer, and the renter. The unpaid shomer swears for everything; the borrower pays for everything; the paid shomer and the renter swear concern-ing an animal that broke a limb, an animal that was captured, and an animal that died, but they pay for loss or theft.