Commentary for Bava Kamma 223:9

איכא דמתני לה ארישא ואיכא דמתני לה אסיפא

If they were under the impression that it was the property of their father, and so slaughtered it and consumed it, they would have to pay for the value of meat at the cheapest price.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is generally estimated to be two-thirds of the ordinary price; cf. B.B. 146b; v. also supra p. 98. ');">¹⁶</span> If their father left them property that forms a [legal] security, they would be liable to pay. Some connect this [last ruling] with the commencing clause,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dealing with the case where the cow died of itself. ');">¹⁷</span>

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