Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 199:3

לרבי אליעזר רבים גזלנים נינהו אמר רב גידל אמר רב כגון שאבדה להן דרך באותה שדה

for themselves, that which they have chosen is theirs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'chosen' ('Er. 94a); and the owner of the land cannot raise any objection to their use of the path. ');">⁵</span> [May, then], the public, according to R. Eliezer, act as robbers? — R. Giddal replied in the name of Rab: [R. Eliezer speaks of] a case where their path had been lost in that field.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While an individual could not in a similar case make the choice without the consent of the landowner or without the authority of the court, the public have a right to choose the path they like. ');">⁶</span>

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