Responsa for Bava Batra 71:9

והעבדים וכו': עבדים יש להם חזקה והאמר ר"ל הגודרות אין להן חזקה אמר רבא אין להן חזקה לאלתר אבל יש להן חזקה לאחר ג' שנים

AND SLAVES etc. Is there then a presumptive title to slaves? Has not Resh Lakish laid down that 'there is no presumptive title to living creatures?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'those kept in the folds', i.e., young animals, because they are liable to stray. ');">¹⁶</span> — Said Raba: [What Resh Lakish meant is that] there is no presumptive title in regard to them immediately, but there is after three years' possession.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And in this respect living things differ from inanimate, possession of which confers presumptive right immediately, on the presumption that 'whatever a man holds is his'. ');">¹⁷</span>

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