Talmud for Ketubot 13:6

הָעוֹרֵר עַל הַשָּׂדֶה וְהוּא חָתוּם עָלֶיהָ בְעֵד, אַדְמוֹן אוֹמֵר, יָכוֹל הוּא שֶׁיֹּאמַר, הַשֵּׁנִי נֹחַ לִי וְהָרִאשׁוֹן קָשֶׁה הֵימֶנּוּ. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אִבֵּד אֶת זְכוּתוֹ. עֲשָׂאָהּ סִימָן לְאַחֵר, אִבֵּד אֶת זְכוּתוֹ:

If one protested against (another's possession of) a field [If Reuven protested against possession of a field by Shimon, telling him: "Levi, who sold it to you, robbed it from me,"] and he (Reuven) were signed on it as a witness, [on the writ of sale, where Levi wrote to Shimon that he sold it to him], Admon says: He can say: "The second was easy for me, and the first, hard for me." [The reason I did not protest at the time you bought this field from Levi and I signed as a witness in the deed is that Levi is a strong man, and it would have been hard to take the field from him. I preferred that it be in your possession to take it from you.] And the sages say: He has lost his right. [For his signing is acknowledgement that he no longer has anything to do with it. The halachah is not in accordance with Admon. And it is only when he is signed as a witness that Admon and the sages differ, but if he is signed as a judge to certify the deed of sale, all agree that he does not lose his right, for he can say: I did not know what is written in the deed. For a judge signed on a certification in endorsement of a deed does not need to know what is written therein, but only to recognize the signatures of the witnesses.] If he made it (acknowledgement of the other's possession of the field) a sign for (the status of) another (field), he loses his right.

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