Commentary for Ketubot 157:2

א"ל הכי והכי הוה א"ל שטר מברחת קא אמרת הכי א"ר חנילאי בר אידי אמר שמואל מורה הוראה אני אם יבא שטר מברחת לידי אקרענו

He replied, “It happened in such and such a way.” He responded, “Do you refer to the deed of a woman intended as a means of evasion? Thus said R. Hanilai b. Idi in the name of Shmuel: I am an officially recognized judge, and should a deed which a woman intended as a means of evasion come into my hand I would tear it up.

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