Quoting%20commentary for Gittin 6:7

אָמַר לִשְׁנַיִם, תְּנוּ גֵט לְאִשְׁתִּי, אוֹ לִשְׁלֹשָׁה, כִּתְבוּ גֵט וּתְנוּ לְאִשְׁתִּי, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ יִכְתְּבוּ וְיִתֵּנוּ. אָמַר לִשְׁלֹשָׁה, תְּנוּ גֵט לְאִשְׁתִּי, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ יֹאמְרוּ לַאֲחֵרִים וְיִכְתְּבוּ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁעֲשָׂאָן בֵּית דִּין, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וְזוֹ הֲלָכָה הֶעֱלָה רַבִּי חֲנִינָא אִישׁ אוֹנוֹ מִבֵּית הָאֲסוּרִין, מְקֻבָּל אֲנִי בְּאוֹמֵר לִשְׁלֹשָׁה, תְּנוּ גֵט לְאִשְׁתִּי, שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ לַאֲחֵרִים וְיִכְתְּבוּ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁעֲשָׂאָן בֵּית דִּין. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, נוּמֵינוּ לַשָּׁלִיחַ, אַף אָנוּ מְקֻבָּלִין, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ אָמַר לְבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, תְּנוּ גֵט לְאִשְׁתִּי, שֶׁיִּלְמְדוּ וְיִכְתְּבוּ וְיִתֵּנוּ. אָמַר לַעֲשָׂרָה, כִּתְבוּ גֵט לְאִשְׁתִּי, אֶחָד כּוֹתֵב וּשְׁנַיִם חוֹתְמִין. כֻּלְּכֶם כְּתֹבוּ, אֶחָד כּוֹתֵב וְכֻלָּם חוֹתְמִין. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם מֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶן, הֲרֵי זֶה גֵט בָּטֵל:

If he said to two men: "Give a get to my wife," or to three: "Write a get and give it to my wife," they write it and give it. [("If he said to two men, etc.":) even though he did not say: "Write it and give it." They write it by themselves, and they may not tell another scribe to write it, or to witnesses to sign it; for he did not make them a beth-din to bid others to do so, but he made them witnesses. And they are both his messengers and his witnesses. And if he said to three: "Write and give a get to my wife," even though they are fit to constitute a beth-din, since he told them explicitly: "Write," he did not make them a beth-din, but witnesses.] If he said to three: "Give a get to my wife," [but he did not tell them: "Write,"], they may tell others to write it [to sign it, and to give it] because he made them a beth-din. These are the words of R. Meir. And this halachah was brought up from the prison house by R. Chanina of Ono [in the name of R. Akiva, who was incarcerated in the prison house]: I have it by tradition that if one says to three: "Give a get to my wife," they may tell others to write it, because he makes them a beth-din. R. Yossi said: We said to the messenger [i.e., to R. Yossi, the "messenger" of this halachah, to repeat it in the house of study] that we, too, had it by tradition that even if one said to the great beth-din in Jerusalem: "Give a get to my wife," they must learn to write it, [If they do not know how to write it, they must learn how to do so and write it themselves] and give it. If one said to ten: "Write a get to my wife," one writes it and two sign. (If he said:) "All of you write it," one writes and all sign. Therefore, if one of them died, the get is void.

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