Reference for Bava Batra 10:6
רב פפא ורב הונא בריה דרב יהושע עבדי כאביי ורבא מר בר רב אשי עבד כר"ל והלכתא כר"ל ואפילו מיתמי ואע"ג דאמר מר הבא ליפרע מנכסי יתומים לא יפרע אלא בשבועה חזקה לא עביד איניש דפרע בגו זימניה
If so, why should we not take his word? We must suppose therefore that he says, I paid you before payment became due; which would show, [would it not], that it is not unusual for a man to pay before the time? — The case here is different, since he may say to himself, How do I know that the Rabbis will make me pay?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As explained above, p. 19, n. 7. And therefore we do not believe him even if he says that he paid when payment fell due. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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