Commentary for Bava Batra 339:6

ורבן שמעון בן גמליאל סבר לה כרבי מאיר דאמר עדי חתימה כרתי

effect the legal separation;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'cut', the matrimonial relationship between husband and wife (v. Git. 9b). The signatures of the witnesses on the document, which are required 'for the sake of the social order' (cf. ibid. 86a). do not in any way affect the legal and final separation between husband and wife, which is entirely dependent on the presence of suitable witnesses at the time of the delivery of the document. Similarly in the case of a deed of purchase and sale, Rabbi regards the document as valid irrespective of the signatures or the qualification of the witnesses. Hence he maintains that the tight of ownership may be established even where one of the witnesses is a relative or is in any other way disqualified. ');">¹⁰</span> while R. Simeon b. Gamaliel is of the [same] opinion as R. Meir who maintains [that] the witnesses who signed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'witnesses of the signature'. ');">¹¹</span>

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