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The rabbis discuss what should happen when the inheritance claimed is indirect and not automatic. Who should have to bring proof in these cases? The Gemara suggests that the Mishna is incomplete and that it is teaching that possession that is accompanied by a disputed claim is settled if one can claim chazaka based on three years of ownership. Possession not accompanied by a claim, because there is no argument, or one has been given a gift, or brothers who have divided their property, or where one possesses the property of a confer who has died - in these cases, the propriety is acquired without having to establish chazaka.
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