Commentary for Keritot 47:33

עיר הנדחת דרבים נינהו כל חד אמר בדעתיה

Let this gift be annulled', or 'It is to be annulled', or 'I do not want it', his words have effect;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This dictum has a different version in Git. 32b; cf. Tosaf. a.l. According to our version, the recipient's declaration is valid if it is clothed in terms of the future, for it is then equal to a renunciation of ownership, and invalid if clothed in terms of the present, for his words are then in contradiction to his action, viz., his taking possession of the gift. Rashi here prefers the text of the version as quoted in Git. l.c.');">¹⁵</span>

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