Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 59:4
ודילמא בית דין חצוף הוא דאמר שמואל שנים שדנו דיניהן דין אלא שנקראו ב"ד חצוף דכתב ביה בי דינא דרבנא אשי
but R. Nathan b. Ammi observed:It has been said on the authority of Raba: In all such cases a mistaken Bethdin is to be suspected.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In this case where the phrase 'In a session of three judges' was omitted they might have thought that two judges sufficed for purposes of authentication. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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