Commentary for Yevamot 237:6

אפילו תימא רבנן כי אזלי רבנן בתר רובא רובא דאיתיה קמן כגון תשע חנויות וסנהדרי אבל רובא דליתיה קמן לא אזלי רבנן בתר רובא

be assumed that [the ruling is that of] R. Meir who takes a minority also into consideration?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hul. 6a; and since some women do not conceive and bear, the possibility that the rival belonged to this minority must be provided against by forbidding levirate marriage. Would then our anonymous Mishnah represent the view of an individual! ');">¹⁶</span> — It may even be said [to represent the view of] the Rabbis; for the Rabbis follow<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'when do they go'. ');">¹⁷</span> the majority principle only where the majority is actually present<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'which is before us'. ');">¹⁸</span>

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