Commentary for Bava Metzia 32:18

אמר רבא ומשום דהוחזק כפרן חדא זמנא תו לא פרע כלל אלא אמר רבא מתניתין בשטר חלטאתא ואדרכתא וכדרבי זירא

and Amemar said: I am from Nehardea and I am of the opinion that the [property assigned in] valuation always returns?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There is no time limit, and whenever the debtor pays he is entitled to reclaim his property. [This being the case, the question of repayment arises also in these deeds of assignment, there being a possibility that the debtor had had his property restored on paying his debt, and in returning the documents to the creditor we empower the latter to seize anew the debtor's property.] ');">¹⁸</span>

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