Commentary for Shevuot 81:9

אמר רב פפא האי מאן דאפיק שטרא על חבריה ואמר ליה שטרא פרוע הוא אמרינן ליה לאו כל כמינך זיל שלים ואם אמר לשתבע לי אמרינן ליה אשתבע ליה

but in the case of a Rabbinic oath, it is an enactment and we do not institute one enactment on top of another enactment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To impose an oath on a is itself a Rabbinic ordinance; and to transfer the oath from debtor to creditor is also a Rabbinic ordinance; we do not impose both; if the debtor is suspect and cannot take the oath, the creditor is not permitted to take the oath, but loses his money.');">¹⁴</span> And according to the Rabbis who disagree with R'Jose, holding that in the case of a Rabbinic [law] We do not go down to his property,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Court has no power to extract from the thief who stole from the deaf-mute the object he found.');">¹⁵</span>

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