Everyone is believed to testify for her, except for her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law's daughter, her co-wife, her sister-in-law, and her husband's daughter. Why is there a difference between [testi- mony concerning] a bill of divorce and [testimony concerning] death? Because the document is proof.  [If] one witness said, “He died,” and she remarried, and then another came and said, “He did not die” —- she need not be discharged. [If] one witness said, “He died,” and two [witnesses] said, “He did not die” —- even if she remarried she must be discharged. [If] two [witnesses] said, “He died,” and one witness said, “He did not die” —- even if she had not remarried, she may do so.

[If] one [wife] said he died, and one said he did not die, the one who said he died may marry and collect her kesubah, while the one who said he did not die may not marry or collect her kesubah.  [If] one said, “He died,” and one said, “He was killed” —- R' Meir says: Since they contradict each other they may not remarry; R' Yehudah and R' Shimon say: Since both agree that he is deceased, they may remarry.  [If] one witness said, “He died,” and one witness said, “He did not die,” [or] a woman said, “He died,” and a woman said, “He did not die” —- she may not remarry.