Commentary for Yevamot 208:4

תנן חרש שנחלץ והחרשת שחלצה והחולצת מן הקטן חליצתה פסולה מ"ט לאו משום דלא בני קרייה נינהו לא משום דלאו בני דעה נינהו

[A SISTER-IN-LAW] WHO PERFORMED HALIZAH WHILE SHE WAS A MINOR MUST AGAIN PERFORM <i>HALIZAH</i> WHEN SHE BECOMES OF AGE; AND IF SHE DOES NOT AGAIN PERFORM IT, THE <i>HALIZAH</i> IS INVALID. IF [A SISTER-IN-LAW] PERFORMED HALIZAH IN THE PRESENCE OF TWO OR THREE MEN AND ONE OF THEM WAS DISCOVERED TO BE A RELATIVE OR ONE IN ANY OTHER WAY UNFIT [TO ACT AS JUDGE], HER HALIZAH IS INVALID; BUT R. SIMEON AND R. JOHANAN HA-SANDELAR DECLARE IT VALID. FURTHERMORE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., not only in a case where there were at least two judges but even where no one beside the levir and the sister-in-law 'vas present. ');">⁸</span> IT ONCE HAPPENED THAT A MAN SUBMITTED TO HALIZAH PRIVATELY BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HERSELF IN A PRISON, AND WHEN THE CASE CAME BEFORE R. AKIBA HE DECLARED THE HALIZAH VALID.

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