Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 94:7

אמר רב הונא תליוהו וזבין זביניה זביני מאי טעמא כל דמזבין איניש אי לאו דאניס לא הוה מזבין ואפילו הכי זביניה זביני ודילמא שאני אונסא דנפשיה מאונסא דאחריני אלא כדתניא

R. Huna said: if a man consents to sell something through fear of physical violence<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'If they hang him and he sells.' ');">¹³</span> the sale is valid. Why so? Because whenever a man sells, it is under compulsion.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By shortage of money. ');">¹⁴</span> and even so his sale is valid. But should we not differentiate internal from external compulsion? — [We must] therefore [give another reason], as it has been taught:

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