Legal query or responsum: Moss. VIII,422.2

Legal query or responsum Moss. VIII,422.2

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Moss. VIII,422.2
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Written in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, whose name appears on verso along with Yeḥezqel and Yeḥiʾel b. Elyaqim. Concerning a dying woman who summons two witnesses and has them perform a qinyan that she intends a female relative to receive 10 dinars from her estate after her death. She has since died. The witnesses now refuse to testify to this qinyan on the principle that a will (waṣiyya) does not require a qinyan. Must the heirs pay the female relative the 10 dinars? (Information mainly from Glick's edition via FGP.)

Related People

Sender
Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, Yeḥiʾel b. Elyaqim
Recipient
Avraham Maimonides

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
Input date
In PGP since 2026
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Translation

Moss. VIII,422.2 1r

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1r

Moss. VIII,422.2 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. VIII,422.2. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/42384/ (accessed November 14, 2026).