Commentary for Bava Kamma 224:6

אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל מקבלין עדים שלא בפני בעל דין אמר מר עוקבא לדידי מיפרשא לי מיניה דשמואל כגון דפתחו ליה בדיניה ושלחו ליה ולא אתא אבל לא פתחו ליה בדינא מצי א"ל אנא לב"ד הגדול אזילנא

Is it possible to accept evidence of witnesses if the other party is not present? R. Jose b. Hanina accepted from him the ruling [to apply] in the case where e.g., [either] he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the plaintiff; cf. H.M. 28. 16. ');">¹⁰</span> was [dangerously] ill, or the witnesses were [dangerously] ill, or where the witnesses were intending to go abroad, and<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whether 'and' or 'or' should be read here, cf. Tosaf. a.l. and on B.K. 39a; the text in J. Sanh. III. 9, however, confirms the former reading. ');">¹¹</span>

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