Commentary for Bava Batra 308:1

בשלמא לדידי דאמינא ראיה בעדים כיון דאמר ללקוחות אייתו עדים ולא אשכחו היינו דקא אתו ואמרו ליה מהו לבודקו אלא לדידך דאמרת ראיה בקיום השטר למה להו לבודקו לקיימו שטרייהו ולוקמו בנכסי

[Now]. according to my interpretation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to me, that I said'. ');">¹</span> [of our Mishnah that] evidence [is produced] by [the testimony of] witnesses, one can well understand why, when he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Var. lec., 'they', i.e., the members of the family.] ');">²</span> asked the buyers [to] bring witnesses and they [could] not obtain [them]. they came to ask him whether the body might [not] be examined. But according to your interpretation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to you, that you said'. ');">³</span> that evidence [consists] in the attestation of the deed, why should they [wish] to examine [the body]? Let them procure the attestation of their deeds and [thus] gain possession of the property!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Witnesses would not sign a deed of sale unless they were satisfied that the seller has attained the legal age. Their attested signatures would, consequently, supply sufficient evidence that the sale was legally valid. ');">⁴</span>

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