Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 4:8

שׁוֹר שֶׁהוּא יוֹצֵא לְהִסָּקֵל וְהִקְדִּישׁוֹ בְעָלָיו, אֵינוֹ מֻקְדָּשׁ. שְׁחָטוֹ, בְּשָׂרוֹ אָסוּר. וְאִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמַר דִּינוֹ הִקְדִּישׁוֹ בְעָלָיו, מֻקְדָּשׁ. וְאִם שְׁחָטוֹ, בְּשָׂרוֹ מֻתָּר:

If an ox were taken out to be stoned, and its owner dedicated it (to the Temple), it is not dedicated. If he slaughtered it, its flesh is forbidden, [it being written (Exodus 21:28): "The ox shall be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten." From "the ox shall be stoned," do I not know that it is neveilah [carrion], which may not be eaten? Why need it be stated: "and its flesh shall not be eaten"? To teach that if he slaughtered it after its judgment (to be stoned), it is forbidden.] And if before its judgment were pronounced, its owner dedicated it, it is dedicated. [A (practical) difference — If he benefits from it, he is guilty of me'ilah (abuse of sacred property)]. And if he slaughtered it, its flesh is permitted.

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