[If] one was bringing a get from overseas and became ill, the court appoints [another] and sends him, and he says before them: “It was written in my presence and signed in my presence.” The latter agent need not say: “It was written in my presence and signed in my presence”; rather, he says: “I am an agent of the court.”

One who lends money to a Kohen, a Levi, or a poor person, [on the condition] to separate from their portions in its stead, may separate in its stead on the assumption that they are alive, and he need not be concerned that the Kohen or Levi may have died, or that the poor man become wealthy. [If] they died, he must obtain permission from the heirs. If he lent them before the court, he need not obtain permission from the heirs.