Commentary for Bava Batra 321:8

דלא כתיב עד

they sign [vertically] from bottom to top?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They begin their signatures at the bottom of the reverse, on the back of the last line of the obverse, and proceed vertically upwards, witness after witness, towards the top line. Since the first signature commences at the foot of the deed, any matter below it (not having a signature on the reverse) would be easily detected as spurious. ');">¹⁵</span> But is [there no reason] to apprehend [that some] unfavourable condition might occur in the last line [of the deed] and he would cut off that last line, and [though] with it he would [also] cut off [the name of the witness] 'Reuben',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Written on its back. ');">¹⁶</span>

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