Commentary for Bava Kamma 78:4

נתפקח החרש נשתפה השוטה והגדיל הקטן ובאו בעליו ממדינת הים יהודה בן נקוסא אמר סומכוס חזר לתמותו עד שיעידו בו בפני בעלים רבי יוסי אמר הרי הוא בחזקתו

until witnesses could give evidence in the presence of the owner. The Sages, however, say that a guardian should be appointed in whose presence the evidence may be given. Should the deaf-mute recover his faculty [of hearing or speech], or the idiot become sane, or the minor come of age, or the owner return from abroad, Judah b. Nakosa said on behalf of Symmachus that the ox would revert to the state of <i>Tam</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. the discussion which follows. ');">³</span>

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