Commentary for Bava Kamma 227:3
אמר רב אשי האי בר ישראל דזבין ליה ארעא לעובד כוכבים אמצרא דבר ישראל חבריה משמתינן ליה מאי טעמא אי נימא משום דינא דבר מצרא והאמר מר זבין מעכו"ם וזבין לעכו"ם ליכא משום דינא דבר מצרא
we raised the question of a prominent man who would be trusted by them as two. [Shall we say that since] money would be adjudicated on his [sole] evidence, he therefore should not bear testimony in their courts, or perhaps since he is a prominent man he can hardly escape their notice and should consequently deliver his evidence? — This question remained undecided. R. Ashi further said: A son of Israel who sells to a heathen a field bordering on one of a fellow Israelite deserves to have a Shamta pronounced against him. For what reason? If because of the right of [pre-emption enjoyed by] the nearest neighbour to the boundary,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. B.M. 108a. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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