Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 201:2

והתניא רבי יהודה אומר פטור בבת אחת תרי תנאי אליבא דרבי יהודה

R. Judah. however, said: If<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He struck or cursed. ');">⁴</span> simultaneously, he is guilty;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The specific caution that must precede any forbidden act that is punishable by a court is here effected when the witnesses cautioned the offender by one statement against the striking or the cursing of the two, e.g., 'do not strike them'. ');">⁵</span> if<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He struck or cursed. ');">⁴</span> successively he is exonerated.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though he may have been duly cautioned in each particular case, no penalty can be imposed upon him by any court, since each caution was of a doubtful character, it being unknown in each case whether the particular man he was about to strike or curse was his father or not. A caution of a doubtful character is, in the opinion of R. Judah, of no validity. while in the opinion of the first Tanna it is valid. ');">⁶</span>

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