Reference for Tahorot 5:9

עֵד אוֹמֵר נִטְמָא, וְהוּא אוֹמֵר לֹא נִטְמֵאתִי, טָהוֹר. שְׁנַיִם אוֹמְרִים נִטְמֵאתָ, וְהוּא אוֹמֵר לֹא נִטְמֵאתִי, רַבִּי מֵאִיר מְטַמֵּא. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, הוּא נֶאֱמָן עַל יְדֵי עַצְמוֹ. עֵד אוֹמֵר נִטְמָא, וּשְׁנַיִם אוֹמְרִים לֹא נִטְמָא, בֵּין בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד בֵּין בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, טָהוֹר. שְׁנַיִם אוֹמְרִים נִטְמָא, וְעֵד אוֹמֵר לֹא נִטְמָא, בֵּין בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד בֵּין בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, טָמֵא. עֵד אוֹמֵר נִטְמָא וְעֵד אוֹמֵר לֹא נִטְמָא, אִשָּׁה אוֹמֶרֶת נִטְמָא וְאִשָּׁה אוֹמֶרֶת לֹא נִטְמָא, בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד, טָמֵא. בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, טָהוֹר:

If one witness says, "He has become impure," but he says, "I have not become impure," he is pure. If two [witnesses] say, "You have become impure," and he says, "I have not become impure," Rabbi Meir declares him impure; but the Sages say: he is believed regarding himself. One witness says, "He has become impure," and two [witnesses] say, "He has not become impure," whether in a private domain or in a public domain, he is pure. Two [witnesses] say, "He has become impure," and one witness says, "He has not become impure," whether in a private domain or in a public domain, he is impure. One witness says, "He has become impure," and another witness says, "He has not become impure," or if one woman says, "He has become impure," and another woman says, "He has not become impure," in a private domain he is impure, but in a public domain he is pure.

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