Midrash for Chullin 267:31
הכל לעניים שספק לקט לקט
It all belongs to the poor, since gleanings that are in doubt are deemed to be gleanings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Meir thus in a case of doubt decides against the owner, which view clearly contradicts that of our Mishnah which is also the view of R. hvbhnru Meir, for an anonymous Mishnah represents the view of R. Meir, v. Sanh. ');"><sup>23</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"from the slaughterers of the slaughtering": The time of the slaughtering is the criterion. From here they ruled: If a stranger converted and he had a cow — If it were slaughtered before he converted, he is exempt (from priestly gifts); if after he converted, he is liable. If the matter is in doubt (safek), he is exempt, and "the burden of the proof is upon him who would remove (the object) from his neighbor's domain.
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