Responsa for Bava Batra 282:7
ולימא ליה רבי יוסי היא דאמר עובר קני דתנן עובר פוסל ואינו מאכיל דברי רבי יוסי
[represents the view of] R. Jose who said [that] an embryo acquires [possession]! For we learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yeb. 67a. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> 'An embryo disqualifies [his deceased father's slaves from eating the heave.offering[13 but does not confer the right of eating it [on his mother];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If she is the daughter of an Israelite. Only a son that was born confers this right upon his mother: but not an embryo ');"><sup>14</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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