Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 7:12
אלא כי איתמר ותנא תונא אאידך דרבי חייא איתמר דאמר ר' חייא מנה לי בידך והלה אומר אין לך בידי אלא נ' זוז והילך חייב
while [several] witnesses are subject to the law of retaliation in case of an alibi? — This presents no difficulty: R. Hiyya attaches no importance to the argument from the law of retaliation in case of an alibi.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For even though one witness, on being refuted by an alibi, is not liable to suffer the penalty that he intended to impose upon the defendant, he is disbelieved as a result of the refutation, and his evidence is nullified, just as in the case of two witnesses who are refuted by an alibi. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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