Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 174:19

מנא לן דתניא (ויקרא ד, כג) או הודע אליו חטאתו ולא שיודיעוהו אחרים יכול אע"פ שאינו מכחישו יהא פטור תלמוד לומר או הודע אליו מ"מ

GEMARA. Since in the final clause it was stated, IF SHE MARRIES WITHOUT PERMISSION SHE MAY RETURN TO HIM, [which means obviously], without the authorization of the <i>Beth din</i> but [in reliance on the evidence] of witnesses, the first clause, it is to be inferred, [speaks of a woman who married] with the permission of the <i>Beth din</i> and on the evidence of a sing]e witness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 593, n. 1. ');">⁴⁷</span> Thus it clearly follows that one witness is trusted. Furthermore, we learned: The practice was adopted of allowing a marriage on the evidence of one witness reporting<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from the mouth'. ');">⁴⁸</span> another single witness, and of a woman reporting another woman, and of a woman reporting a bondman or a bondwoman;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 122a, Shab. 145a, Bek. 46b. ');">⁴⁹</span>

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