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# A Cuthean (''Kuti'') has the same status as a non-Jew.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:24</ref>
# A Cuthean (''Kuti'') has the same status as a non-Jew.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:24</ref>


==Exclusive Communal Shechitah==
===Exclusive Communal Shechitah===
# A community may opt to exclusively use a certain shochet and declare all other shechitah to be prohibited or banned. Depending on the exact formulation of the decree, it's possible that with some legal rereading the act of another shochet slaughtering could be prohibited but the meat would still be permissible, despite the fact that the shochet violated the decree, especially if there would be a great financial loss or he was unaware of the decree.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:22. See also Nehar Mitzrayim.</ref>
# A community may opt to exclusively use a certain shochet and declare all other shechitah to be prohibited or banned. Depending on the exact formulation of the decree, it's possible that with some legal rereading the act of another shochet slaughtering could be prohibited but the meat would still be permissible, despite the fact that the shochet violated the decree, especially if there would be a great financial loss or he was unaware of the decree.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:22. See also Nehar Mitzrayim.</ref>
# If an already errant shochet shechts in a place where there is no decree or the decree is lifted, some would say the meat is permissible.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:22</ref>
# If an already errant shochet shechts in a place where there is no decree or the decree is lifted, some would say the meat is permissible.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:22</ref>