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The sources explore the Talmudic principle that merely seeing a found object does not effect legal acquisition; actual acquisition requires physical possession or entry into one's domain. The Gemara on Bava Metzia analyzes the Mishnah's cases to distinguish between visual perception and valid kinyan.
אֵינוֹ זוֹכֶה בָּהּ עַד שֶׁתַּגִּיעַ לְיָדוֹ אוֹ לִרְשׁוּתוֹ