Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 234:9

ואיבעית אימא כל היכא דאתא עד אחד כשר מעיקרא אפי' מאה נשים כעד אחד דמיין אלא כגון דאתאי אשה מעיקרא

has no validity! — [This ruling' is] required only in the case of ineligible witnesses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the two witnesses were, e.g.. relatives or slaves. ');">³⁰</span> [this being] in accordance with the view of R. Nehemiah. For it was taught: R. Nehemiah stated, 'Wherever the Torah declares one witness credible,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in the case, e.g.. spoken of in the first clause of our Mishnah. ');">³¹</span> the majority of statements is to be followed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the accepted law of valid evidence is in such cases suspended, the evidence of any ineligible witnesses (cf. supra n. 7) is admitted, ');">³²</span> and [the evidence of] two women against that of one man is given the same validity as that of two men against one man'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the necessity for the ruling of our Mishnah. In the absence of such a ruling it would have been assumed that the evidence of ineligible witnesses is here also inadmissible. ');">³³</span>

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