Commentary for Bava Metzia 54:4
ת"ש (דברים כב, ב) והיה עמך עד דרוש אחיך אותו וכי תעלה על דעתך שיתננו לו קודם שידרשנו אלא דרשהו אם רמאי הוא או אינו רמאי
— The Tanna really desires [to teach] that there must be a claimant; identification marks are mentioned only incidentally.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it may be that 'garment' teaches only that ownership must be claimed. Since, however, it is a fact that it can be claimed on the strength of identification marks, the Tanna mentions these too, even if their validity is only Rabbinical. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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