Commentary for Gittin 30:4

תנן בפני נכתב כולו בפני נחתם חציו פסול אידך חציו היכי דמי אילימא דליכא דקא מסהיד עליה כלל השתא אחד אומר בפני נכתב ואחד אומר בפני נחתם דהאי קמסהיד אכולה כתיבה והאי קמסהיד אכולה חתימה פסול חציו מיבעיא

of a sum in dispute might be assigned on the word of one witness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a document is brought into court signed by two witnesses, A and B, of whom B is dead, and if A together with a third party attests the signature of B, then if money were to be awarded on the strength of that document, three-quarters of it would be awarded on the evidence of the one witness A, which is against the rule, as each witness must be responsible for a half, v. Keth. 21b. ');">⁴</span>

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