Commentary for Bava Batra 256:8

ואפי' לר' עקיבא דאמר משיב אבדה הוי הני מילי היכא דליכא עדים אבל היכא דאיכא עדים אירתותי אירתת

for [the buyers or the creditors] can say, 'We rely upon the witness.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who testified that all the debt was paid. The admission of the borrower, they may claim, is due to collusion with the creditor to deprive them of their land. ');">¹²</span> And even [according] to R. Akiba, who said [that he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who admits part of the claim but more than can be proved against him. ');">¹³</span>

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