Responsa for Sanhedrin 62:9
כי אתא רב דימי אמר רבי יוחנן התוקף את חבירו בדין אחד אומר נדון כאן ואחד אומר נלך למקום הוועד כופין אותו וילך למקום הוועד
And should you answer, The whole agrees with Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel, and that [the latter clause is] merely elucidatory [of the first] viz., What is meant by, 'Unless he declares his arguments closed'? That means he says, Admit so and so that he may give evidence for me:'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., only if he immediately thereafter offers fresh evidence is it not accepted, the court abiding by his previous statement that his case was closed. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. When a widow seeks to collect her ketubah from the heirs, who has the right, she or the heirs, to compel the other to rely on a local court or to compel that other to appear before an authoritative court outside of the community?
A. If both parties agree to rely on the local court, the matter is left to the court either to rely on their own judgment, or to inquire of an authoritative court of their own choosing. But, if the parties to the suit come to no agreement, and one of the litigants demands that the case be brought before an authoritative court, the claimant has the right to determine before which court the case shall be tried. In this case the widow is the claimant.
SOURCES: Cr. 98.
A. If both parties agree to rely on the local court, the matter is left to the court either to rely on their own judgment, or to inquire of an authoritative court of their own choosing. But, if the parties to the suit come to no agreement, and one of the litigants demands that the case be brought before an authoritative court, the claimant has the right to determine before which court the case shall be tried. In this case the widow is the claimant.
SOURCES: Cr. 98.
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