Reference for Bava Kamma 224:15

וכי כתבינן אדרכתא מודעינן ליה והני מילי דמיקרב אבל מירחק לא

the creditor was a violent man, so that should the <i>adrakta</i> have come into his hand it would never have been possible to get anything back from him, whereas in ordinary cases<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'here'. ');">²⁶</span> we need only wait for the usher [of the Court] to go on the third day<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Tur. loc. cit., but Maim. loc. cit. reads 'the second day'. ');">²⁷</span>

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