Also, while people might change, psychological chazakos/umdenos do not. Even rabbi yoshe ber soloveitchik was staunchly opposed to any idea which questioned the application of things like טב למיתב etc.. he said these chazakos are metaphysical realities.
Isn’t there one about a person not denying a debt in their creditor’s presence that we don’t apply anymore?
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