Reference for Bava Batra 333:1

ומשוי להו זוזי מאי אמרת שית מאה איסתירי וזוזא (שית מאה זוזי וחד זוזא) יד בעל השטר על התחתונה

and converted into <i>zuzim</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Any sum of a hundred and ninety-two perutoth, or any multiple of it, is entered respectively as a zuz or zuzim. Had the loan amounted to six hundred perutoth and a zuz, this would have been entered as 'four zuzim and twenty-four perutoth.' ');">¹</span> What, [then could the entry] mean?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'thou saidst'. ');">²</span> [Either] "six hundred <i>istira</i> and a <i>zuz</i>" [or] "six hundred <i>zuz</i> and a <i>zuz</i>";<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Han. deletes, 'six&nbsp;… zuz'. ');">³</span> [but] the holder of the bond [must always be] at a disadvantage.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 723. n. 10. Hence, he may claim the smaller sum only. ');">⁴</span> Abaye said: One who is required to present his signature at a court of law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In certain circumstances it is necessary for one of the witnesses of a deed that he does not attest his signature in person but enables the court to see a signature of his on a separate scroll for the purpose of comparison with, and confirmation of his signature on the deed. Cf., Keth. 21a. ');">⁵</span> shall not present it at the foot of the scroll [because] a stranger might find it and write [above the signature] that he [has a] claim [of] money upon him; and we learnt [that a person], who produced against another<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'him'. ');">⁶</span>

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