Commentary for Chullin 22:24

אלא לאו משום דאמרינן זיל בתר רובא

said: If the person [against whom their evidence was directed] has not been executed they are put to death; if he has been executed they are not put to death!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V.M ak. 5b. The position is this: if the person against whom the witnesses testified has been executed the witnesses are not punished at all, and if he has not been executed then it is not possible to examine him as to whether or not he is a trefah; hence it is proved that we follow the majority.');">¹⁴</span>

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