Responsa for Kiddushin 46:8

ר' מאיר סבר כי אמר ליה קני קני עבד וקני רביה וכי אמר ליה על מנת לא כלום קאמר ליה ורבנן סברי כיון דאמר ליה על מנת אהני ליה תנאיה

R'Meir maintains, When he says to him, 'Acquire [it,]' the slave acquires it and [ipso facto] his master; and when he says to him, 'on condition [etc.],' he says nothing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the stipulation is invalid.');">⁹</span> Whereas the Rabbis hold, Since he stipulates, 'on condition,' the stipulation is effective.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence he can be liberated by money through his own agency.');">¹⁰</span>

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