Commentary for Bava Batra 351:3

מתיב רמי בר חמא שלשה גיטין פסולין ואם נישאת הולד כשר ואלו הן כתב בכתב ידו ואין עליו עדים יש עליו עדים ואין בו זמן יש בו זמן ואין בו אלא עד אחד הרי אלו שלשה גיטין פסולין ואם נישאת הולד כשר

[IF A PERSON] PRODUCED AGAINST ANOTHER HIS NOTE-OF-HAND [SHOWING] THAT [THE LATTER] OWED HIM [A SUM OF MONEY]. HE MAY RECOVER [IT] FROM FREE PROPERTY ETC. Rabbah b. Nathan inquired of R. Johanan: What [is the law in the case where] his handwriting<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the note-of-hand mentioned in our Mishnah. ');">⁵</span> was legally endorsed at a court of law?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Does the endorsement confer upon the creditor the same rights as those of a bond signed by witnesses, and thus entitle him to seize the debtor's mortgaged lands as if the clause pledging security had actually been entered (omission of the clause being regarded as the scribe's error); or does it merely establish the authenticity of the debtor's signature, while the creditor's rights remain unaltered? ');">⁶</span>

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