Reference for Yevamot 234:11

שנים אומרים מת וכו': מאי קמשמע לן בפסולי עדות וכדר' נחמיה דאזיל בתר רוב דעות היינו הך

and half.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The evidence of two women against that of one man would, therefore, have the same validity as that of one witness against another, spoken of in the first clause of our Mishnah. and the widow would have retained her first status of permissibility. v. supra 88b. ');">³⁸</span> IF TWO WITNESSES STATED, 'HE IS DEAD' etc. What does this teach us?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is it not obvious that two witnesses are relied upon when they are opposed by one witness only! ');">³⁹</span> [A ruling] in respect of ineligible witnesses, [the principle being the same] as that of R. Nehemiah who follows the majority of statements.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the two witnesses are ineligible. their evidence against that of the one witness, since they form the majority, is accepted, and the widow is permitted to marry again. ');">⁴⁰</span> But is not this exactly the same [as the previous clause]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling in the second clause of our Mishnah which, as has just been explained, teaches this very principle. ');">⁴¹</span>

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