Jastrow: קִנְיָן

קִנְיָן m. (b. h.; קָנָה) 1) purchase, ownership, right of possession. Gitt. 47ᵇ יש ק׳ לנכרי בא"י וכ׳ a gentile has the right of possession in Palestine inasmuch as his produces are exempt from tithes. Ib. קִנְיַן פירות כק׳ הגוף דמי the acquisition of usufruct is like the acquisition of the soil itself (and the Jewish owner of the usufruct has to offer the first fruits as if he were the owner of the land). Gitt. I, 6 מפני שהוא קִנְיָנוֹ (Y. ed. קִנְיָינוֹ) because he (the slave) is his property. Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Lev. XXV, 45) אתם יש לכם ק׳ וכ׳ you have the right of possession (of slaves) of the nations, but the nations have no right of possession of you, v. קָנָה; a. fr. —2) property, esp. cattle. Num. R. s. 22 הפרישו … בשביל קִנְיָנָם they separated themselves from their brethren for the sake of their cattle; a. e. —3) affirmation, making sure; symbolical form of making an agreement binding, by handing over an object from one to the other of the contracting parties (v. קָנָה 2). B. Bath. 40ᵃ ק׳ בפני שנים ואינו … כתיבו an agreement by symbol is made in the presence of two (forming a court), nor is it then necessary to say, ‘write’, i.e. a document is made out without special authorization. Ib. סתם ק׳ לכתיבה עומד an agreement by symbol, unless otherwise stipulated, is intended to be written out. Ib. 3ᵃ ק׳ דברים בעלמא חוא it is merely an agreement on words (no transfer of a tangible object being agreed upon); a. fr.—Pl. קִנְיָנִים, קִנְיָנִין, קִנְיָי׳. Pes. 87ᵇ אחד מארבעה ק׳ שקניתי בעולמי one of the four possessions which I own in my world. Sifré Deut. 309 (ref. to Deut. XXXII, 6) ק׳ אתם לי וכ׳ (not זקנים) you are to me an acquired property, and not an inheritance. Ab. ch. VI; a. e.