Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 80:3
לעולם דזביני מודי רבא היכא דאניס וכמעשה דפרדיסא דההוא גברא דמשכין פרדיסא לחבריה לתלת שנין בתר דאכלה תלת שני חזקה אמר אי מזבנת לי מוטב ואי לא כבישנא לשטר משכנתא ואמינא לקוחה היא בידי כה"ג כתבינן מודעא:
— [We are] in fact [speaking here of one relating] to a sale, and Raba admits [that such a one may be issued] where the seller acts under [such] constraint as [is exemplified] in the following case. A man mortgaged an orchard to another man for three years. The latter, after he had had the use of the orchard for the three years necessary for <i>hazakah</i>, said to the owner: 'If you will sell it to me, well and good, and if not, I will suppress the mortgage deed and say that I purchased it outright.' In such a case a moda'ah may be issued [on the owner's behalf].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because if he does not sell he will lose the whole. It may be asked here how in such a case can the witnesses obtain independent knowledge that the sale was made under constraint? R. Han. says it can happen in this way. Suppose the witnesses first hear the owner claim the field and the occupier assert that he has bought it. Then the owner tells the occupier that he is willing to sell the field to him, and the latter tells him to draw up a deed of sale, not in his presence. The owner then tells the witnesses, who are thus able to say in the moda'ah that they know that the owner is selling under constraint. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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