Commentary for Bava Batra 46:6
אי הכי אימא סיפא חוץ מחמשים אמה הרי הוא של מוצאו ואי דליכא ודאי מההוא נפל הכא במאי עסקינן במדדה דאמר רב עוקבא בר חמא כל המדדה אין מדדה יותר מחמשים
We learnt: A YOUNG PIGEON WHICH IS FOUND ON THE GROUND WITHIN FIFTY CUBITS OF A COTE BELONGS TO THE OWNER OF THE COTE; and this even though there may be a bigger cote in the neighbourhood? We assume that there is not. If that is so, then what of the next clause: IF FOUND BEYOND FIFTY CUBITS FROM THE COTE, IT BELONGS TO THE FINDER? Now if there are no other cotes in the neighbourhood, there can be no question that the bird comes from this one?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence we cannot assume that there is no larger cote in the neighbourhood. and therefore the answer to the previous objection will not stand. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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