Talmud for Sanhedrin 83:14

ת"ר אומר בדיני ממונות נזדקן הדין ואין אומר בדיני נפשות נזדקן הדין

— Only in him who possessesbundles of Mishnah [teaching].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he who is fully conversant with the law; according to Rashi, the point is that mere dialectic skill and ingenuity are no substitutes for a sound knowledge of the sources. [H], bundle, is a word play on [H]. ');">25 R. Joseph applied to himself [the verse]: Much increase [of grain] is bythe strength of the ox.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XIV, 4. V. Deut. XXXIII, 17, where Joseph is symbolically compared to a bullock; also Hor. 14a: R. Joseph was renowned for his erudition, being known as Sinai. Hence his application of the above verse to himself. ');">26

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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