Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 149:3

מאי לאו תנאי היא האי תנא דאמר שכבר אין לך עדים סבר מודה בקנס ואחר כך באו עדים חייב והאי תנא דאמר שכבר הודית סבר מודה בקנס ואח"כ באו עדים פטור

would maintain that if one confessed to liability for a fine and subsequently witnesses appeared and testified [to the same effect], he should be liable, whereas the Tanna who reported 'as you have already confessed', would maintain that if one confessed to liability for a fine, though witnesses subsequently appeared [and corroborated the confession], he would be exempt? — No, they might both have agreed that if one confessed to the liability of a fine, though witnesses subsequently appeared [and testified to the same effect], he would be exempt, and the point on which they differed might have been this: the Tanna, who reported 'as there are no witnesses for the slave', was of opinion that the confession took place outside the court of law,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Where a confession is not regarded in the eye of the law as legal so as to bar subsequent evidence.] ');">³</span>

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