Mesorat%20hashas for Gittin 163:2

אמר אביי שמע מינה האי קרוב חתים אי בעי בין בתחילה בין באמצע בין בסוף

which shows [that it is as R. Johanan said]. Abaye said: It also shows that the relative may sign where he pleases, at the beginning or in the middle or at the end; we gather this from the fact that no fixed place is assigned to him. It also shows that the Get can be confirmed on the strength of any three signatures and we do not require three next to one another, for if you should suppose that we do require them to be together, a place could be assigned to the relative before or between or after every two competent ones,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in such a way that two competent ones should always be together. ');">²</span>

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