Commentary for Sanhedrin 63:9

דיני ממונות הטמאות והטהרות מתחילין מן הגדול דיני נפשות מתחילין מן הצד

and witnesses came and said: 'How can ye testify to this bond: were ye not with us on that day in such and such a place?' the bond is valid, and its signatories remain competent [witnesses], for we presume that they might merely have postponed writing it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they might have witnessed the loan on an earlier date, but have postponed writing the bond until the first day of Nisan (Rashi). [According to Yad Ramah, render, 'they might have post-dated it.' We do not assume that it has been ante-dated (v. infra) as there is a presumption in favour of all duly attested documents, v. B.B. (Sonc. ed.) p. 748, n. 16.] ');">¹⁶</span> Now if you should think that inquiry and examination are necessary, how 'presume that they might merely have postponed writing it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If such an assumption is permissible, examination as to date and placed is purposeless. ');">¹⁷</span>

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