A Guarded Courtyard and Owner Presence

A guarded courtyard acquires without owner awareness. The unguarded field here requires standing beside it. The find matters too: an injured deer differs from a normally running one. Declaration does not replace control.

1. 1Read the source on י״א ע״א (11a) and define the case facts.
2. 2Compare a guarded courtyard without awareness and an open field with its owner far away.
3. 3Answer Which acquires without awareness here? and identify its support in the source.

Which acquires without awareness here?

1. 01·Mishnah / BaraitaBava Metzia 11a

   רָאָה אוֹתָן רָצִין אַחַר מְצִיאָה, אַחַר צְבִי שָׁבוּר

   The Mishnah establishes that a person's field acquires for him an immobilized find if he declares that his field should acquire it.

2. 02·KushyaBava Metzia 11a

   The Gemara challenges Shmuel's qualification: why must he stand beside his field, when a person's courtyard acquires for him even without his knowledge?

3. 03·TerutzBava Metzia 11a

   The Gemara answers that a guarded courtyard acquires without knowledge, but in an unguarded courtyard he must stand beside his field.

4. 04·RayaBava Metzia 11a

   The Gemara brings proof from the laws of a forgotten sheaf, where an unguarded field only acquires for the owner when he stands beside it.

5. 05·Conclusion of the sugyaBava Metzia 11a

   The Gemara concludes that an unguarded courtyard acquires a found item for a person only when he stands beside it.

1. 1Which acquires without awareness here? Answer in your own words and support your explanation with a phrase from the Gemara.