Commentary for Bava Kamma 225:20

א"ר חנינא בר כהנא אמר שמואל במוכס שאין לו קצבה דבי ר' ינאי אמרי במוכס העומד מאליו

or belongs to the Royal Court, though it was not <i>terumah</i> and though it did not belong to the Royal Court.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ned. III, 4. ');">³¹</span> But [why should] to customs-collectors [not] apply the statement made by Samuel that the law of the State has the force of law? R. Hanina b. Kahana said that a customs-collector who is bound by no limit [is surely not acting lawfully]. At the school of R. Jannai it was stated that we were dealing here with a customs-collector who acted on his own authority.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 663, n. 13. ');">³²</span>

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