Reference for Chullin 22:16
וליחוש דלמא טרפה הוה
Surely there is always the possibility that there was a hole [in the victim] in the place [where he was stuck] by the sword.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The murderer may have killed the victim by striking him in a place where he was already suffering from a fatal wound, and in so doing removed all traces of the previous wound. In such a case it is clear that no amount of post mortem examination would show that the victim was trefah; hence it is proved that we follow the majority.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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