אַדְרַכְתָּא f. (דְּרַךְ Af.) tracing; (law) 1) legal permission to a creditor to trace the debtor’s property for the purpose of having it seized, assessed, offered for public sale, and eventually delivered to him. [Order of documents, acc. to B. Bath. 169ᵃ, vers. of Maim. a. others: 1) אדרכתא; 2) טירפא the right of seizure of the debtor’s property sold after the date of the loan (mortgage); 3) שומא record of the assessed value for which the creditor took possession;—acc. to vers. in ed. a. Mss. 1) טירפא right of seizure &c.; 2) א׳ authorization to seize the traced property, defining position &c.; 3) שומא.] B. Bath. 169ᵃ. B. Kam. 112ᵇ. B. Mets. 16ᵇ. Ib. 35ᵇ. Keth. 104ᵇ. 2) private authorization to collect or take possession of one’s debtordeposit; assignment, transfer. B. Kam. 70ᵃ Ms. M., At. (ed. אור׳); Shebu. 33ᵇ (ed. אור׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.); Bekh. 49ᵃ