Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 328:3

וכי מטי זמניה משוי ליה פשוט וא"ל הני השתא דיזפת מינאי

the second as his third;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deeds were dated according to the year of the reigning sovereign, folded deeds were post-dated by adding one year to the reign of the ruling king. Hence the same date (e.g. 'the fourth year of King X') on a plain and a folded deed would represent a difference of a full year. [The extra year was probably obtained by reckoning the period elapsing between the day of the king's accession to the throne and the end of the civil year as a full year. Cf. R.H. 2b: 'If a king ascends the throne on the 29th Adar, as soon as 1st Nisan comes, it is counted for him as one year.' This practice in vogue among Persians and Babylonians was adopted by the Romans after the days of Trajan, when the years of emperors were counted from 10th December. V. Fischer, L., Jahrb. d. Jud. Lit. Gesel. IX, 67ff; and Bornstein, Sokolow's [H] 184 ff.] ');">⁵</span> and sometimes [it may happen] that [a person] might borrow money from another<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from him'. ');">⁶</span> on a folded [deed] and, in the meantime,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the date on the folded deed and the corresponding date on a plain deed, i.e., during the one year's interval. ');">⁷</span> he might obtain funds and repay him, but [when] requesting the return of his deed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and say to him: give me my deed'. ');">⁸</span>

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