Thursday, May 7, 2009

Bava Metzia 12 - To Whom the Finds Belong (Finds)

If an owner of a purse declared it ownerless and then threw it through someone's house so that it entered one door and exited through another, does the homeowner acquire the purse with the "courtyard" acquisition? - This still needs to be answered.

The find of one's dependent son or daughter, of one's Canaanite slave, male or female, and of one's wife belong to him, some from the Torah, and some by Rabbinical enactment. The find of one's independent son or daughter, of one's Hebrew servant or maidservant, and of one's wife whom he divorced, although he has not yet paid her Ketubah, belong to them.

Art: A Silent Greeting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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