Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 72:16

המית שורך את שורי והוא אומר לא המית משביעך אני ואמר אמן חייב המית שורך את עבדי והוא אומר לא המית משביעך אני ואמר אמן פטור

THOU HAST VIOLATED OR SEDUCED MY DAUGHTER' AND THE OTHER SAYS, 'I DID NOT VIOLATE, NOR SEDUCE.' - 'I ADJURE THEE,' - AND HE RESPONDS, 'AMEN!' HE IS LIABLE. R'SIMEON EXEMPTS HIM, FOR HE DOES NOT PAY A FINE ON HIS OWN ADMISSION.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he had confessed to the seduction, he would not have had to pay the fine (50 shekels; v. Deut. XXII, 29) ; on the principle that he who xbe admits on his own accord liability to a fine is exempt from payment, v. B.K. 74b. Since he is therefore denying a fine , and not a money iunn liability, , he is exempt. iunn');">²³</span>

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