a condition, the judge must accept his statement, because his wording is entirely open to that interpretation.

His statement, “judicially,” means before the judge when the two parties bring the dispute before him. But if they do not bring it before a judge and she believes him, there is no need for litigation.

His statement: “If you see the new moon, then you are divorced: if he intends her own sighting, she is not divorced until she sees it; otherwise, she is divorced after sunset upon another person’s sighting.”

If he says, “If you see the new moon, then you are divorced,” the apparent meaning of the wording is that she herself must see it. Thus, she is not divorced until she sees it; if someone else sees it, she is not divorced. Accordingly, if her eyesight is weak and she does not see the new moon until the fourth night, she is divorced on the fourth night. But if by his statement, “If you see the new moon,” he means that the beginning of the month is established, then she is divorced upon another person’s sighting.