legal+presumption

הֶפְקֵר(Y. dial. הֶבְקֵר) in. (פָּקַר) declaring free, renunciation of ownership in favor of whosoever would take possession of the object renounced; confiscation; public property. Eduy. IV, 3 הפ׳ לעניים הפ׳ Ms. M. (ed. הב׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) renunciation of ownership (of the standing crop) in favor of the poor is valid (exempting from tithes); (oth. opin.) אינוה׳ עד שיפקירוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שיובקר) it is not valid unless the owner makes it free for the rich, too; Peah IV, 1 (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.); B. Mets.30b הפ׳. Yeb.89b; Gitt.36b ה׳ב״דה׳ the confiscation by the court (disposing of private property by the process of law) is valid; Y.Shek.I, 46a bot. הב׳. Peah I, 6 ונותן משוםה׳ or he may set aside a portion of his crop as public property. Y. ib. III, 17c bot. וה׳ חייב בפיאה is public property ever subject to the laws, of Peah? Ib. V, 19b אין הֶבְקֵירוֹה׳ his renunciation is ineffectual. Ib. איןה׳ יוצא … אלא בזכייה renounced property does not go out of the owners possession, until some body takes possession of it; Y.Ned.IV, 38d (corr. acc.). Y.Snh.VI, 23b, beg. ה׳ טעות הוא it is a confiscation under an erroneous presumption (and invalid); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 80, end בני אדם שלה׳ outlaws. Yeb.66a מנהגה׳ נהגו בה people took liberties with her (because she had neither the legal status of a freed woman nor that of a slave).

שָׁקַר(b. h.) to be false. Gen. R. s. 85, beg. שָׁקַרְתָּ יהודה thou hast been false, O Judah; Yalk. ib. 144; Yalk. Mal. 589. Pi. שִׁיקֵּר 1) same, to lie; to defraud.מה לי לשַׁקּר what reason should I have for making a false statement?, i. e. a persons statement is to be credited, when he gains nothing by it, since he might have obtained the same advantage in another way. Kidd.64b אמרינן מה לי לשקרוכ׳ we apply the principle that we believe him, because he gains nothing by falsehood: for, why should he have said so? In order to release her from leviratical marriage after his death? If so, he might have said to her: I release thee by a divorce. Ib. מה לי לש׳ כי עדים דמי a persons statement accepted on the ground that he had no reason for lying, has the same legal value as the statement of witnesses; מה לי לש׳ כי חזקה דמי it has only the same value as a presumption (חֲזָקָה). Keth.27b מה לי לש׳ אי בעיוכ׳ we must believe him, for, if he had wanted, he might have said Ib. מה לי לש׳ במקום עדיםוכ׳ we do not apply the principle of mah li lshaḳḳer, when the persons statement is contradicted by witnesses (by well-known facts); B. Mets.81b; a. fr.Y.Snh.XI, 30c top (expl. כחש לו, 1 Kings 13:18) שי׳ בו (not ביה) he played him false; Cant. R. to II, 5 שי׳ לו; ib. ומה שי׳ לו שהאכילהווכ׳ and wherein did he play him false? In that he gave him the bread of deceit to eat (made him the recipient of treacherous hospitality). Num. R. s. 2018>; Tanḥ. Balak 12 מְשַׁקֵּר במשקלות, v. מִשְׁקָל; a. fr. 2) to prove false; to contradict, refute. Macc.5a (ref. to Deut. 19:18) עד שתְּשַׁקֵּר גופהוכ׳ until thou disprovest the body of the testimony (provest an alibi of the witnesses). Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּקֵּי, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּקֵּר to be refuted, be proved to be a liar. Y. ib. I, beg.31a (read:) עדים שנזדממו וחזרו ונִשְׁתַּקְּרוּ if witnesses against whom an alibi had been proved were also proved to have told a falsehood (as to the fact to which they testified).

שָׁקַר(b. h.) to be false. Gen. R. s. 85, beg. שָׁקַרְתָּ יהודה thou hast been false, O Judah; Yalk. ib. 144; Yalk. Mal. 589. Pi. שִׁיקֵּר 1) same, to lie; to defraud.מה לי לשַׁקּר what reason should I have for making a false statement?, i. e. a persons statement is to be credited, when he gains nothing by it, since he might have obtained the same advantage in another way. Kidd.64b אמרינן מה לי לשקרוכ׳ we apply the principle that we believe him, because he gains nothing by falsehood: for, why should he have said so? In order to release her from leviratical marriage after his death? If so, he might have said to her: I release thee by a divorce. Ib. מה לי לש׳ כי עדים דמי a persons statement accepted on the ground that he had no reason for lying, has the same legal value as the statement of witnesses; מה לי לש׳ כי חזקה דמי it has only the same value as a presumption (חֲזָקָה). Keth.27b מה לי לש׳ אי בעיוכ׳ we must believe him, for, if he had wanted, he might have said Ib. מה לי לש׳ במקום עדיםוכ׳ we do not apply the principle of mah li lshaḳḳer, when the persons statement is contradicted by witnesses (by well-known facts); B. Mets.81b; a. fr.Y.Snh.XI, 30c top (expl. כחש לו, 1 Kings 13:18) שי׳ בו (not ביה) he played him false; Cant. R. to II, 5 שי׳ לו; ib. ומה שי׳ לו שהאכילהווכ׳ and wherein did he play him false? In that he gave him the bread of deceit to eat (made him the recipient of treacherous hospitality). Num. R. s. 2018>; Tanḥ. Balak 12 מְשַׁקֵּר במשקלות, v. מִשְׁקָל; a. fr. 2) to prove false; to contradict, refute. Macc.5a (ref. to Deut. 19:18) עד שתְּשַׁקֵּר גופהוכ׳ until thou disprovest the body of the testimony (provest an alibi of the witnesses). Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּקֵּי, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּקֵּר to be refuted, be proved to be a liar. Y. ib. I, beg.31a (read:) עדים שנזדממו וחזרו ונִשְׁתַּקְּרוּ if witnesses against whom an alibi had been proved were also proved to have told a falsehood (as to the fact to which they testified).

תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.

תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.