Commentary for Bava Metzia 33:3
רב זביד משמיה דר"נ אמר בין צא תן לו בין חייב אתה ליתן לו ואמר פרעתי נאמן בא מלוה לכתוב אין כותבין ונותנין לו
[the decree] may not be written and given to him. [But if the Court said to the debtor,] 'You are obliged to give him [what you owe him],' and he [the debtor] said [later], 'I have paid,' he is not believed. [If<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if he is ready to take the 'oath of inducement' he is not allowed to do so, but the plaintiff may take the oath and receive payment (Rashi). The reason for this is that the defendant is not likely to have paid on the strength of the Court's verdict, which is merely a statement regarding his obligation to pay and is not an order to pay. Seeing that the defendant waited to be sued for payment it is not assumed that he would actually have paid without a definite order from the Court. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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