Any possession not accompanied by a claim is not a chazakah. How so? [If] he said to him, “What are you doing in my [property]?” and he replied, “Because no one ever said anything to me,” it is not a chazakah. [But if he replied,] “You sold [it] to me,” [or] “You gave [it] to me as a gift,” [or] “Your father sold it to me,” [or] “Your father gave it to me as a gift,” it is a chazakah. One who comes [to a property] by virtue of inheritance does not require a claim.  Craftsmen, partners, sharecroppers, and administrators have no chazakah. A man has no chazakah in the property of his wife, nor does a woman have a chazakah in the property of her husband, nor a father in the property of his son, nor a son in the property of his father.  In regard to what is this stated? In [regard to] one who holds possession. But in [the case of] one who gives a gift, brothers who divide, and one who takes possession of the property of a convert, [if] he closed off, fenced off, or breached somewhat, it is a chazakah.

[If] two [witnesses] testified on his behalf that he ate its [produce] three years, and they were found to be zomemim, they pay him everything. [If] two [testified] concerning the first [year], two concerning the second [year], and two concerning the third [year], they divide it in three among them. [If they were] three brothers, and one joined with them, these are three testimonies; but they are one testimony in regard to hazamah.