Tosefta for Avodah Zarah 83:9
איתיביה עובד כוכבים מבטל עבודת כוכבים שלו ושל חברו וישראל אינו מבטל עבודת כוכבים של עובד כוכבים אמאי תיהוי כעבודת כוכבים שנשתברה מאליה
[R. Yohanan] raised another difficulty against [Resh Lakish]: An idolater can annul an idol belonging to himself or to another idolater, but an Israelite cannot annul the idol of an idolater. But why not? Let it be considered the same as an idol which was broken of its own accord!
Tosefta Demai
A Jew may not tie up his livestock beside the livestock of a Gentile (i.e., on the Gentile's property), for if his livestock [went there] to eat on its own [see Ab. Zar. 42a:9 (מאליה)], [the Gentile] is not required to return it. [Presumably, livestock that becomes accustomed to being brought onto someone else's property will eventually wander there on its own.]
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