Halakhah for Shevuot 61:8
מנין לנושה בחבירו מנה וטענו מאתים שלא יאמר אכפרנו בב"ד ואודה לו חוץ לבית דין כדי שלא אתחייב לו שבועה ולא יגלגל עלי שבועה ממקום אחר תלמוד לומר מדבר שקר תרחק
How do we know that he who has a claim of a hundred zuzim against his neighbour should not say, 'I will claim two hundred, so that he will admit a hundred, and be liable for an oath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He who admits a portion of a claim () takes an oath that he owes no more, and is exempt. kfv rpuf');"><sup>7</sup></span> then I will be able to impose an oath upon him from another place'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in connection with another claim which he totally denied () , and for which no oath could be imposed; but since he has to take an oath in this case, the court can at the same time include the previous claim in the oath.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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