Commentary for Ketubot 182:14

אתו לקמיה דאביי אמר להן מצוה על היתומים לפרוע חוב אביהן הני קמאי מצוה עבדיתו השתא כי טריף בדין קטריף

They came before Abaye. He said to them, “It is a mitzvah for orphans to pay the debt of their father. With the first payment they performed the mitzvah. And now that he has seized [the land again] his action is a valid seizure.”

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