Commentary for Nedarim 143:1-144:99:2

אימא סיפא אבל אם שמע וקיים או שמע ושתק ומת ביום של אחריו אין יכול להפר ואי אמרת גירושין כהקמה דמו ליתני ואם שמע וגירש אלא מדלא קתני הכי ש"מ גירושין כשתיקה דמו

Now, should you say that divorce is as silence, let him [the Tanna] also teach, 'or heard it and divorced her'? Since it is not taught thus, it follows that divorce is as confirmation! — Then consider the second clause: But if he heard and confirmed it, or heard it, was silent, and died on the following day, he [the father] cannot annul it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The silence of a whole day is the equivalent of confirmation. ');">²</span>

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