Responsa for Bava Batra 282:3
ההוא דאמר לה לדביתהו נכסי להאי דמעברת אמר רב הונא הוי מזכה לעובר והמזכה לעובר לא קנה
R. Nahman raised an objection against R. Huna's ruling: IF A MAN SAID: SHOULD MY WIFE BEAR A MALE CHILD, HE SHALL RECEIVE A <i>MANEH</i>, [AND HIS WIFE] DID BEAR A MALE CHILD, HE RECEIVES A <i>MANEH</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This shows that though the assignment was made while the child was still in embryo. possession is acquired by him. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> — He replied to him: [As to] our Mishnah. I do not know' who is its author.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'who taught it.' I.e., its authorship is obscure and consequently unreliable. ');"><sup>5</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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