Commentary for Bava Metzia 6:4
ופיו אין מחייבו ממון והא הודאת בעל דין כמאה עדים דמי
which do not oblige him to pay money, make it necessary for him to take an oath, how much more ought the evidence of witnesses, which obliges him to pay money, make it necessary for him to take an oath? But is it right to say that [the words of] his own mouth do not oblige him to pay money — in view of [the established principle] that the admission of a defendant is equal to the testimony of a hundred witnesses? — What is meant by the payment of money is the payment of a fine.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The admission of an offence for which a fine is imposed renders the offender free from such a penalty by virtue of his confession. V. B. K. 75a. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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