Commentary for Sanhedrin 172:14

ואכתי מאי למימרא לא צריכא דקא מרמזי רמוזי מהו דתימא רמיזא מילתא היא קמ"ל רמיזא לאו כלום הוא:

R. Assi said: If the witnesses of the sale of an [abducted] person are proved <i>zomemim</i>, they are not executed, since the [vendor] could plead, 'l sold my slave.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence he was not liable to death on their evidence, and therefore they in turn are also exempt. ');">¹²</span>

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