Commentary for Bava Metzia 144:5

הכי השתא התם אי למ"ד ניחא ליה דלא ניקרייה גזלנא אי למ"ד ניחא ליה דליקום בהימנותיה מפייס ליה למריה ומוקים ליה לשטריה הכא לאברוחי מיניה קמכוין שטרא מקיים ליה:

he seeks to pacify the first owner, so as to validate the deed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when selling the field, it is his intention to compensate the first owner, so that the deed drawn up for the second may be valid. Consequently, it is genuine, and the purchaser can act thereon. ');">⁹</span> Here, however, it was his purpose to save it from his clutches, shall he then validate the deed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely not! Hence its writing was unwarranted, and therefore it may be regarded as invalid. ');">¹⁰</span>

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