Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Bava Metzia 9:3

א"נ היכא דטענו כלים וקרקעות והודה בכלים וכפר בקרקעות

— He can answer you: The derivation from the Scriptural verse is necessary where [the debtor] has dug pits, ditches and caves [thereby destroying the value of the land], or where one claims vessels and land, and the claim in regard to the vessels is admitted, while the claim in regard to the land is disputed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The admission as regards the vessels is not the equivalent of 'Here they are', and the conclusion drawn from the Scriptural verse is necessary to let us know that such a 'partial admission' cannot impose an oath on the disputed landed property, though forming part of the one claim. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>

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