Responsa for Bava Batra 351:10

מתיב רבא עדים החתומין על שאילת שלום בגט פסול חיישינן שמא על שאילת שלום חתמו

[refers to the case] where it was entered,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that he wrote in it'. ');">¹⁹</span> 'X is guarantor'; the other [speaks of a case] where it was entered, 'and X is guarantor'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the latter case, 'and' indicates continuation, so that the guarantee forms a part of the bond the whole of which is attested by the witnesses whose signatures appear below. In the former case, the guarantee appears as a detached statement; and the witnesses may, consequently, be regarded as having attested the text of the bond only, exclusive of the guarantee. ');">²⁰</span>

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