Reference for Ketubot 54:4
הכי השתא התם ודאי איכא עדים דאיכא מיא הכא ודאי איטמי חששא הוא ובמקום חששא אמרינן:
Now is this so? There there were witnesses that there certainly was water on the way of Nehar Pekod, but here has she certainly been defiled? It is [only] a concern, and in the case of a mere concern we do say [“why should he lie?”].
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