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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 2 - The 365 Prohibitions of the Tora
287 - A JUDGE RECEIVING TESTIMONY FROM A LITIGANT'S RELATIVE
Deuteronomy 24:16 -- “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Relatives whose evidence is inadmissible in Jewish law are: “father, brother, father’s brother, mother’s brother, sister’s husband, father’s sister’s husband, mother’s sister’s husband, mother’s husband, father-in-law, the wife’s sister’s husband, together with their sons and their sons-in-law; also a step-son… and all that are qualified to be one’s heirs.”* However, in cases involving monetary claims, if one of the parties agrees to be bound by such evidence, he is so bound.**
* Sanh. 27b
** Shoftim, Hilchoth Sanhedrin VII, 2
** Shoftim, Hilchoth Sanhedrin VII, 2