Commentary for Bava Kamma 232:19

אם מחמת הגזלן חייב: היכי דמי אילימא דאנסוה לארעא דידיה ולא אנסוה כולי ארעתא הא מרישא שמעת מינה אם מכת מדינה היא כו' אי לא לא

is entitled to withdraw even in the middle of the day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.M. 10a. ');">³⁴</span> Hence so long as he did not withdraw, [whatever he rescues is regarded] as being in the possession of the employer, whereas after he had already withdrawn it is a different matter altogether,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For then he works for himself and since the owners were unable to rescue their property it became abandoned so that when rescued by the labourer he acquired title to it. ');">³⁵</span>

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