[If] witnesses said: “This is our handwriting, but we were coerced,” [or] “we were minors,” [or] “we were unfit for testimony,” these are believed. If, however, there are witnesses that it is their handwriting, or if their handwriting is verified from another source, they are not believed.

[If] this one says: “This is my handwriting, and this is the other’s handwriting,” and this one says: “This is my handwriting, and this is the other’s handwriting,” these are believed. [If] this one says: “This is my handwriting,” and this one says: “This is my handwriting,” they must join to themselves another person; [these are] the words of Rabbi. The Sages, however, say: They need not join another person to themselves; rather, a person is believed to say: “This is my handwriting.”

[If] a woman said: “I was married, but I am divorced,” she is believed, for the one that created the liability is the one that undid it. If, however, there are witnesses that she was married, and she says: “I am divorced,” she is not believed.  [If] she said: “I was captured, but I am undefiled,” she is believed, for the one that created the liability is the one that undid it. If there are wit-nesses that she was captured, however, and she says: “I am undefiled,” she is not believed. But, if after she married, witnesses came, she need not leave.

[If] two women were captured, [and now] this one says: “I was captured, but I am undefiled,” and this one says: “I was captured, but I am undefiled,” they are not believed. [If] they testify for one another, however, these are believed.