Jastrow: מוֹדָעָא

מוֹדָעָא f. (h. form מוֹדָעָה) (יְדַע) declaration, esp. protest before witnesses against a forced or unduly influenced action. B. Bath. 40ᵃ לא כתבינן מ׳ אלא אמאן וכ׳ we write a protest only against a person who does not submit to law. Ib. 40ᵇ הויא מ׳ לחברתה the order to write a deed of donation in secret is a protest annulling a subsequent disposal by deed. Ib. 49ᵃ מ׳ היו דברינו if witnesses subscribed to a deed say, We signed after the owner had entered a verbal protest before us against the deed; a. fr.