Commentary for Yevamot 202:11

אלא התם תרי סתמי הכא תלתא סתמי

also two anonymous [teachings] are available! For we learned: If, however, a woman made a declaration of refusal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mi'un, v. Glos. ');">³⁹</span> or performed <i>halizah</i> in his presence, he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A Sage who, if he had previously pronounced the woman forbidden to her husband owing to a vow she had made, would not have been allowed to marry her in order to avoid any suspicion that his motive in forbidding her to her husband was his intention to marry her himself. ');">⁴⁰</span> may marry her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In these circumstances. ');">⁴¹</span> since he [was but one of the] <i>Beth din</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bek. 31a, supra 25b. Mi'un and halizah, unlike disallowance and confirmation of vows, must be witnessed by a court, or quorum of three, and three persons would not be suspected of ulterior motives even though one of them subsequently married the woman concerned. This Mishnah, then, adds a second anonymous statement to the one previously mentioned, both requiring a quorum of three for mi'un. ');">⁴²</span> — But, [the fact is that while] there,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Concerning mi'un. ');">⁴³</span>

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