Jastrow: זְכִיָּיה

זְכִיָּיה f. (זָכָה) possession, taking possession, claim. Y. Peah V, beg. 19ᵇ, v. הֶפְקֵר. Y. Pes. II, 29ᵃ top מאן דאמר ז׳ according to the opinion that renounced property does not go out of the owner’s possession until somebody took possession of it. B. Kam. 12ᵇ אית להו לכהנים ז׳ בגויה Ms. M. (ed. בגוייהו) the priests have a claim on it. Ib. ולית להו זכיה Ms. M. (omitted in ed.). B. Mets. 12ᵃ אית ליה ז׳ לנפשיה has a right to take possession in his own behalf; a. e.