Related%20passage for Bava Kamma 137:1
חייב אתה ליתן לו טבח ומכר משלם תשלומי ארבעה וחמשה מ"ט כיון דלא פסקה מילתא אכתי גנב הוא
but if they merely said to him, 'You are liable to pay him,' and after that he slaughtered or sold the animal, he would be liable to pay four-fold or five-fold payment, the reason being that since they have not pronounced final sentence upon the matter he is still a thief?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Subject to the law of paying four-fold and five-fold payments. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> — No, its application is necessary where they have as yet merely said to him, 'You are liable to pay him'.
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