Reference for Bava Batra 269:9

לא צריכא דקא אמרי אין אנו יודעין

there are witnesses who know that he has brothers! — 'Now, at any rate [replied the other, 'they are not before us'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And one need not go to the ends of the earth to discover witnesses in order to restrict the widows freedom. ');">¹⁶</span> [Is] not [this case] the same as that of R. Hanina? For R. Hanina said: Shall she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The incident related to the daughters of Samuel, who were in captivity; and when brought to Palestine, declared that their honour was not violated. R. Hanina allowed them to be married to priests, who are forbidden to marry a woman whose chastity had been violated. ');">¹⁷</span>

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