Jastrow: שְׁטָר

שְׁטָר, שְׁטַר m. (v. שָׁטַר) writ, document. Kidd. I, 1 a woman may be acquired as wife בכסף בש׳ וכ׳ by handing her money (or money’s worth), by a writ (handing her a paper on which is written, ‘thou art betrothed unto me’) &c. Ib. 2 a slave is acquired בש׳ by a document (bill of sale). Ib. 3ᵇ; a. fr.—Esp. ש׳ חוב (or sub. חוב) note of indebtedness, bond. Y. Peah I, 16ᵇ bot. חוטף ש׳ אחד, v. נָשָׂא; Y. Snh. X, beg. 27ᶜ; Y. Kidd. I, end, 61ᵈ חוטף אחד (corr. acc.); Yalk. Num. 744 ש׳ חוב אחד. B. Mets. I, 8 מצא ש׳ בין שְׁטָרוֹתָין וכ׳ if a person finds (another man’s) bond among his papers, and does not know its nature (by whom it was deposited &c.); a. fr.—Pl. שְׁטָרוֹת, constr. שְׁטָרֵי. Gitt. I, 5, v. עַרְכִי. B. Mets. l. c. תכריך של ש׳ a roll of bonds; אגודה של ש׳ a bundle of bonds. Ib. ש׳ חליצה, ש׳ מיאונין v. respective determinants. Ib. 6; a. v. fr.