Commentary for Bava Batra 325:8

מאי שנא בין עדים לכתב דלמא מזייף וכתב מאי דבעי וחתימי סהדי בין עדים לאשרתא נמי מזייף וכתב מאי דבעי וחתימי סהדי

is only applicable [to the space] between the [signatures of the] witnesses and the text; but between the [signatures of the] witnesses and the legal attestation,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Confirmation by a court at the foot of a document. ');">²⁰</span> even if [the blank space is] wider, [the deed] is valid. Why [is the limit] between the [signatures of the] witnesses and the text different [from the other]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That between the signatures and the attestation of the court. ');">²¹</span> Because, the witnesses having signed, [the holder of the deed] might commit forgery by entering [on it] whatever he desires! [In the case of the blank space] between the [signatures of the] witnesses and the attestation too, [could not] forgery be committed by entering whatever one desired and attaching the signature of witnesses?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the attestation at the foot would be regarded as a confirmation of the entire deed inclusive of the spurious additions and signatures. ');">²²</span>

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