Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 68:1

ההוא ארבא דהוו מינצו עלה בי תרי האי אמר דידי היא והאי אמר דידי היא אתא חד מינייהו לבי דינא ואמר תיפסוה אדמייתינא סהדי דדידי היא תפסינן או לא תפסינן רב הונא אמר תפסינן רב יהודה אמר לא תפסינן

There was a certain river boat about which two men were disputing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But apparently without having actually seized the boat, since in that case the law would be that they should divide it, according to B.M. ad init. ');">¹</span> One said, 'It is mine', and the other said, 'It is mine. One of them went to the <i>Beth din</i> and appealed to them: 'Attach the boat<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the other should not sell it in the meanwhile. ');">²</span> until I bring witnesses to prove that it belongs to me.' [In such a case] should we attach the boat or not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., which course is more likely to assist the rightful owner to obtain possession? ');">³</span> R. Huna says we should attach it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because we presume that he will succeed in finding witnesses, and therefore we prevent the boat from being disposed of in the interval. ');">⁴</span>

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