Talmud for Sanhedrin 83:13
איכא דאמרי א"ל רב פפא לאביי ולמה לי יוסיפו ליפטריה מבי דינא קמא אמר ליה ר' יוסי קאי כוותך דתניא ר' יוסי אומר כשם שאין מוסיפין על ב"ד של שבעים ואחד כך אין מוסיפין על ב"ד של עשרים ושלשה
thou shaltmake thy war.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXIV, 6. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> R. Aha b. Hanina [further]said in the name of R. Assi in R. Johanan's name: In whom do you find [skillto conquer in] the battle of theTorah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., who is qualified to meet the difficulties of the Torah, and give a true interpretation? ');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
In civil suits one declares the judgment as definitive99A strictly literal translation would be: “the judgment became old.” The interpretation of this otherwise unknown expression follows Rav Ashi in the Babli, 42a. The case can neither be appealed nor retried. [but in criminal suits one does not declare the judgment as definitive.]100Addition also found in the Babli, implied by the preceding sentence. As long as a criminal sentence was not executed, the trial may be re-opened at any time if a new argument for acquittal can be presented. The greatest among the judges declares the judgment as definitive 101Babli 42a..
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