Commentary for Bava Batra 337:7

אמר ליה רב אחא מדפתי לרבינא ולמה ליה למימר ליה לבעל חוב שוף לי בהאי ארעא ואיקום בה תיפוק ליה דכיון דנקיט תרי שטרי טריף והדר טריף

'we have torn up the <i>tirpa</i> is not a [legal] <i>adrakta</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Had it been made legal, one could have used both documents, each at a different court in a different town. ');">²¹</span> I and any shuma<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (rt. [H] 'to appraise', 'value'), a record of the valuation of the seized property, which is delivered by the court to the creditor as evidence of the value at which it was assessed for him. Since a debtor may at any time repay the amount at which the land had been assessed, such a record is necessary to enable the creditor to receive the sum due to him. ');">²³</span> in which [the statement]. 'We have torn up the <i>adrakta</i>' is not entered<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in which it is not written'. ');">²⁰</span> is not a [legal] shuma!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. n. 3. How then could it happen that a bond of indebtedness should not be torn up by the time the creditor had already taken possession of the property? ');">²⁴</span>

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