Commentary for Bava Batra 317:11

אלא לעולם כדאמרינן מעיקרא ודקא קשיא לך תחת אבותיך יהיו בניך ההוא בברכה כתיב

but others may attest it. [Now. if] he is not trusted [shall] others be trusted!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' CF. supra p. 693, n. 20. ');">⁴⁰</span> And if it be suggested [that] here also [the reference is to] a case where his handwriting was endorsed at a court of law, surely, [it may be retorted], R. Joseph b. Manyumi said in the name of R. Nahman, 'Even though his handwriting was not endorsed at a court of law'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This, then, may have been the Palestine message and the difficulty in civil law that it presented. ');">⁴¹</span> What difficulty, however, [is this]? [It is] possible [that] it is a decree of the king<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A divine precept, a statute without a reason. ');">⁴²</span> that he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A relative such as a son-in-law. ');">⁴³</span>

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