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As we discussed, a claim that one has purchased a field coupled with evidence that one has occupied the field for three years is enough to grant one presumptive ownership of the field – despite the fact that there is no other evidence that the field was purchased.
The rabbis offer a number of cases which demonstrate the variation possible within the halacha of chazaka.
Next we are told about a field that has been bought from someone who claimed to have bought it from someone else with no proof. In such a case the original owner can take back the field even after three years of chazaka.
We explore the use of Talmud order Nezikin in preparing students (even for secular law careers).