Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 68:2

אזל ולא אשכח סהדי אמר להו אפקוה וכל דאלים גבר מפקינן או לא מפקינן רב יהודה אמר לא מפקינן רב פפא אמר מפקינן והלכתא לא תפסינן והיכא דתפס לא מפקינן:

and Rab Judah says we should not.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because we are afraid he will not find witnesses and we shall not know to whom to restore the boat, and therefore it is best to leave it alone. ');">⁵</span> [The <i>Beth din</i> having attached the boat],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is not clear from the text whether this is a hypothetical case, or whether the Beth din really did attach the boat, perhaps on the request of both parties. ');">⁶</span> the man went to look for his witnesses but did not find them, whereupon he requested the <i>Beth din</i> to release the boat, leaving it to the stronger to obtain possession.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to prevail' — whether by argument or by force. ');">⁷</span> In such a case should we release or not? Rab Judah says we should not release,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because once property has come into the hands of the Beth din, it is not right that they should release it except to restore it to the proper owner. ');">⁸</span>

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