Commentary for Bava Batra 342:13

אי הכי שטרי הלואה נמי זמנין דיזיף בניסן וכתיב ליה שטרא בתשרי ומתרמי ליה זוזי ביני ביני ופרע ליה ואמר ליה הב לי שטראי וא"ל אירכס לי וכתיב ליה תברא וכי מטי זמניה מפיק ליה וא"ל הני השתא הוא דיזפת מינאי

Elsewhere We learnt: Antedated bonds of indebtedness are invalid<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since a creditor, who is justly entitled to seize any real estate sold by the debtor after the date of the loan, might fraudulently lay claim to lands which the borrower had sold between the date entered in the bond and the actual date of the loan, by pleading that the earlier date in the deed was the actual date of the loan. ');">²³</span> and postdated [ones] are valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the creditor is thereby prevented from seizing any of the debtor's property that was sold between the actual date of the loan and the date in the deed. By allowing the entry of the later date he is assumed to have voluntarily surrendered his right upon such lands as were sold during the period intervening between the two dates, Sheb. X. 5. ');">²⁴</span>

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