Commentary for Bava Kamma 215:3

אמר רבא ת"ש אמר לאחד מן השוק היכן שורי שגנבת והוא אומר לא גנבתי משביעך אני ואמר אמן והעדים מעידים אותו שגנבו משלם תשלומי כפל ואם הודה מעצמו משלם קרן וחומש ואשם

Now, what is the law? Is it the pecuniary value for which there is liability to make double payment that exempts from the Fifth, so that [as] in this case too there is liability to make double payment [for the deposit, there would be no Fifth for it], or perhaps it is the oath which involves a liability for double payment that exempts from a Fifth, so that since the last oath does not entail liability for double payment<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since he did not confirm a defence of theft. ');">³</span>

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