Commentary for Bava Metzia 199:8
א"ר חייא בר אבין אמר שמואל בעומדת באגם שפחה נמי דקיימא בסימטא
is it necessary to teach it when their claims are uncertain? — As for that, it is no argument. The last clause is stated in order to throw light on the first: [viz.,] that you should not say that the first clause refers [only] to a doubtful plea on both sides, but where both contend with certainty, it is not so;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they do not divide. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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