Talmud for Sanhedrin 83:17
אין אינו דומה מתבייש מעצמו למתבייש מאחרים
But thistoo is obvious! I might, however, think that he [the witness] was standingin the glow [before sunrise] and what he saw was but agleam:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mistaking it for the rays of sunrise; thus their statements tally. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> He therefore informs usotherwise.
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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