Reference for Shevuot 59:8

מאי אם נפשך לומר וכי תימא בתובע ונתבע קא משתעי קרא נאמר כאן שני ונאמר להלן שני מה להלן בעדים אף כאן בעדים

Another [Baraitha] taught: And the two men shall stand; the verse refers to witnesses. You say [it refers to witnesses; but perhaps [it refers to] the litigants? You may retort: Do, then, two come to court, and do not three ever come to court?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Litigants may be more than two: therefore the two men refers to witnesses.');">¹⁷</span>

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