Commentary for Bava Batra 93:5

אמר רבא פעמים שאפילו בן בנו של גזלן נמי אין לו חזקה היכי דמי כגון דקא אתי בטענתא דאבא דאבוה

Raba said: There are occasions when even the grandson of a robber also has no <i>hazakah</i>, as for instance when he bases his title on the possession of his grandfather. What sort of man is meant here by 'robber'? — R. Johanan said: One, for instance, who is generally presumed to have obtained the field under consideration by robbery.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore he can have no hazakah in this field, but he may have it in other fields. ');">⁹</span> R. Hisda said: Those like the people of a certain family we know who do not shrink from committing murder to extort money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence people are afraid to protest against their occupation of their fields, and the occupation therefore confers no hazakah. ');">¹⁰</span>

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