Reference for Yevamot 239:7
אי דאינסיב לישראל הכי נמי הכא במאי עסקי' דאינסיב לכהן:
WITH THE NOSE, THOUGH THERE WERE ALSO MARKS ON THE MAN'S BODY OR CLOTHING. NO EVIDENCE [OF A MAN'S DEATH]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To enable the widow to marry again. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> MAY BE TENDERED BEFORE HIS SOUL HAS DEPARTED; EVEN THOUGH THE WITNESSES HAVE SEEN HIM WITH HIS ARTERIES CUT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or 'mortally wounded' (v. Rashi). [H] rt. [H], to cut an artery', a mode of execution practised among certain peoples (cf. Jast.). ');"><sup>17</sup></span> OR CRUCIFIED OR BEING DEVOURED BY A WILD BEAST.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it is possible to recover life even in such precarious conditions. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>