Related%20passage for Gittin 3:3

הַמֵּבִיא גֵט וְאָבַד הֵימֶנּוּ, מְצָאוֹ לְאַלְתַּר, כָּשֵׁר. וְאִם לָאו, פָּסוּל. מְצָאוֹ בַחֲפִיסָה אוֹ בִדְלֻסְקְמָא, אִם מַכִּירוֹ, כָּשֵׁר. הַמֵּבִיא גֵט וְהִנִּיחוֹ זָקֵן אוֹ חוֹלֶה, נוֹתְנוֹ לָהּ בְּחֶזְקַת שֶׁהוּא קַיָּם. בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַנְּשׂוּאָה לְכֹהֵן וְהָלַךְ בַּעְלָהּ לִמְדִינַת הַיָּם, אוֹכֶלֶת בַּתְּרוּמָה בְחֶזְקַת שֶׁהוּא קַיָּם. הַשּׁוֹלֵחַ חַטָּאתוֹ מִמְּדִינַת הַיָּם, מַקְרִיבִין אוֹתָהּ בְּחֶזְקַת שֶׁהוּא קַיָּם:

If one brought a get and lost it, if he found it immediately, it is valid; if not, it is invalid. [This, only if he lost it in a place frequented by caravans, in which instance it is to be posited that it may have fallen from one of the passersby. But if it were lost in a place unfrequented by caravans, even after a long lapse of time it is valid. And even if it were lost in a place frequented by caravans, if the witnesses had clear identification, so that they could say (for example:) "There was a hole near this letter," or: "We never signed on a get with these names except this one," it is valid, even after a long lapse of time.] If he found it in a chafisah or a d'luskema, [document bags, with identifying signs], if he recognizes it, it is valid. [This ("if he recognizes it") is an independent statement, i.e.: If he found it in a chafisah or a d'luskema, even if he does not recognize the get — or if he recognizes the get, wherever he found it, it is valid.] He gives it (the get) to her on the assumption that he (her husband) is alive. [And we do not apprehend that he might have died and that his embassy is voided. For we premise the continuance of the original status. But if it became known to us that he died before the get reached her, the get is void; for there is no get after death.] If the daughter of an Israelite were married to a Cohein and he went abroad, she eats terumah on the assumption that he is alive. If one sends his sin-offering from abroad, we sacrifice it on the assumption that he is alive. [And we do not apprehend that its owner died, in which instance, the offering "stands for death" (and not for sacrifice)].

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