Commentary for Bava Metzia 31:18

שלחוה לקמיה דרבי אבא בר זבדא אמר להו זו אינה צריכה לפנים אמר רבא זו צריכה לפנים ולפני לפנים הכא סמכא דעתיה והכא לא סמכא דעתיה

R. papa says: Until the days of the announcement [of the public sale of the robber's property] begin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when property belonging to the robber has been discovered and the Court has begun to advertise its public sale for the purpose of compensating the person to whom the robber sold the field unlawfully. The period of such advertising usually extended over thirty days. Cf. 'Ar. 21b. ');">¹⁷</span>

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