Quoting%20commentary for Meilah 31:22

האי תנא סבר איסור חל על איסור

And furthermore, have we not learnt: 'Half an olive size [of the flesh] of a living cow and half an olive-size of th of a dead camel cannot combine with one another, but half an olive size of the flesh of a cow and half an olive-size of that of a camel can combine with one another if both are alive or both dead'. There would be a contradiction between the opening clause<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If your inference be right.');">¹⁵</span> and the concluding. You must therefore come to the conclusion that in the case of both animals being dead they can combine with one another!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Contradicting R. Assi.');">¹⁶</span> - R'Assi would reply: This Tanna holds that a prohibition can apply to something that has been prohibited already by reason of another prohibition.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While his statement is following the view that such a prohibition cannot take effect.');">¹⁷</span>

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