Errors of a Rabbinical Court

Deciding Law

Sin Offering for Communal Oversight

Liability for an individual who acts based on the ruling of an errant Court: Shabbat 93a

Liability for an expert judge who errs: Sanhedrin 5a

Liability for a judge who has been accepted by the parties: Sanhedrin 5a

Liability for a regular judge who errs: Sanhedrin 3a, 5a

Chalitzah-Rite Ending Levirate Bond/Minor's Refusal of an Arranged Marriage where the Court doesn't recognize the parties: Yevamot 106a

Shemuel being extra-careful to ensure rights of orphans in a Bill: Ketuvot 21a

The judges in Neherdaa, and Rav Chana bar Bizna in Pumbedita, using movable items from a deceased father's estate to support his daughters, and Rav Nachman ordering them to reverse their decision as erroneous: Ketuvot 50b

Rav Nachman told Rav Chana Bar Bizna to reverse a verdict on which money had been collected, or he would collect it from Rav Chana himself: Bava Kama 12a



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