Halakhah for Bava Batra 322:3

ודלמא סימנא בעלמא הוא דשוויה דהא רב צייר כוורא ר' חנינא צייר חרותא רב חסדא סמ"ך רב הושעיא עי"ן רבא בר רב הונא מכותא לא חציף אינש לשוויה לשמיה דאבוה סימנא

Rabbah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Current editions, 'Raba'. ');">⁷</span> son of R. Huna, a mast!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Others, 'ship'. Now, since these scholars used symbols in lieu of their proper signatures, is it not possible that a witness might use the letters forming the name of his father as a symbol for his signature? ');">⁸</span> — No one would be so impertinent [as] to make of the name of his father a [mere] symbol. Mar Zutra said: What is the need for all this!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All this series of difficult and forced explanations. ');">⁹</span>

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