Related%20passage for Bava Metzia 203:8
הכא במאי עסקינן בחצר שאינה משתמרת
An objection is raised: If a man declared, 'Any lost property that may enter therein to-day, let my courtyard effect possession thereof on my behalf,' his declaration is valueless. Now if R. Jose son of R. Hanina's ruling, that a man's courtyard effects a title on his behalf even without his knowledge, is correct, why is his declaration valueless? — The reference here is to an unguarded courtyard.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which cannot effect possession; v. supra loc. cit. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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