Responsa for Bava Batra 282:11
ולימא ליה רבי יוחנן בן ברוקה היא וסבר לה כרבי יוסי מי יימר דסבר לה
concerning one who is entitled to be his heir,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Presumably even an embryo. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> his instruction is legally valid<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which proves that, according to R. Johanan b. Beroka, an embryo acquires possession even of that to which he would not have been entitled under the ordinary laws of succession. ');"><sup>22</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. One of the witnesses to a document subsequently became related to the beneficiary named in the document.
A. The document has no value unless witnesses testify that they saw the document, and recognized the signatures of the witnesses, in the hands of its present possessor before the witness in question became a relative of the beneficiary.
SOURCES: Pr. 115, 919, Am. II, 101; Mord. Sanh. 696. This Responsum relates to Pr. 50. In Cr. 31, L. 355, the two parts are printed together.
A. The document has no value unless witnesses testify that they saw the document, and recognized the signatures of the witnesses, in the hands of its present possessor before the witness in question became a relative of the beneficiary.
SOURCES: Pr. 115, 919, Am. II, 101; Mord. Sanh. 696. This Responsum relates to Pr. 50. In Cr. 31, L. 355, the two parts are printed together.
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