Jastrow: מוּעָד

מוּעָד, מוּעֶדֶת f. (עוּד) forewarned, esp. (law) Muʿad (v. Ex. XXI, 29), an animal whose owner stands forewarned on account of three successive injuries; liable to full indemnity, contrad. to תָּם. B. Kam. I, 4 שור המ׳ an ox that has done damage three times. Ib. השן מ׳ לאכול וכ׳ the tooth of an animal is considered a muʿad with reference to eating such things as are fit to be eaten by it, i.e. damages for eating must be paid in full without previous forewarning. Ib. הרגל מ׳ לשבר וכ׳ the foot is a muʿad &c., i.e. what an animal treads upon on its way must be paid for in full without forewarning. Ib. הנחש מ׳ לעולם the serpent is always a muʿad (even when tamed). Ib. מ׳ משלם נזק שלם וכ׳ the muʿad pays full damage, collectible from the owner’s best property. Ib. II, 4 מ׳ כל שהעידו וכ׳ a muʿad is an animal against which three warnings on three days have been given; (another opin.) מ׳ שהעידו … פעמים against which three warnings have been given (even in one day). Ib. 5 אדם מ׳ לעולם damage done by a human being must under all circumstances be restored in full. Ib. 17ᵇ (הידוס) הרי זה מ׳ damage done by chickens must be restored in full; אינו מ׳ must not &c.; a. v. fr.—Trnsf. מ׳ לעבירה a muʿad for sin, i.e. likely to sin again. Num. R. s. 9 כיון שנשתלש בחטא נעשה מ׳ לע׳ having sinned three times, he has become a muʿad for sin.—Pl. מוּעָדִים, מוּעָדִין. B. Kam. I, 4; Tosef. ib. I, 4 חמשה מ׳ there are five kinds of muʿads. B. Kam. 16ᵃ; a. fr.