Commentary for Bava Batra 255:9

מיתיבי היה יודע לו בעדות עד שלא נעשה חתנו ונעשה חתנו פיקח ונתחרש פיתח ונסתמא שפוי ונשתטה פסול

R. Nahman. however, said they may not be seized.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Like movable property which cannot be seized from orphans (v. B. K 11b). ');">¹⁶</span> R. Abba sent to R. Joseph b. Hama: The <i>halachah</i> is that [a relative in the] third [degree] is qualified [to act as witness for or against a relative] in the second [degree].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To his father's first cousin. Brothers are relatives in the first degree, their sons in the second, and their grandsons in the third degree. ');">¹⁷</span>

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