Responsa for Bava Batra 317:6
מאי קושיא דלמא כגון שהוחזק כתב ידו בב"ד
evidence for one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'for him'. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> [in respect of a transaction that was recorded] in a deed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which be signed as a witness. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> before he turned robber, and [then] he turned robber,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is ineligible to act as a witness. Cf. Ex, XXIII, 1. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> he is not [permitted] to attest his handwriting,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. previous note. ');"><sup>24</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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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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