Mishnayos Yevamos Perek 14 Mishnah 2
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Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Gudgada testified with regard to a female deaf-mute whose father married her off when she was a minor, which means her marriage was valid by Torah law, that she can be divorced with a bill of divorce even when she matures and is no longer under her father’s authority, despite the fact that she is not legally competent. They said to him: This woman, too, has a similar status. In other words, a woman who possessed all her faculties and later became a deaf-mute is comparable to a minor whose marriage was valid by Torah law and later, when she matured and was no longer under the authority of her father, received a bill of divorce. Both of these women can receive a bill of divorce, in accordance with the principle stated in the previous paragraph.
הֵעִיד רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן גֻּדְגְּדָה עַל הַחֵרֶשֶׁת שֶׁהִשִּׂיאָהּ אָבִיהָ, שֶׁהִיא יוֹצְאָה בְגֵט. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אַף זוֹ כַיּוֹצֵא בָהּ:
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שהשיאה אביה. בקטנותה וקיבל קידושיה והיו קדושין גמורים, אע״פ שהיא חרשת, שעל דעת אביה נתקדשה ולא על דעתה:
יוצאה בגט. אפילו לאחר שגדלה ופקע כח אב מקבלת היא את גיטה:
אף זו. פקחת שנתחרשה, כיוצא בה:
שהשיאה אביה – while she was a minor girl and accepted her betrothal/sanctification and they were a complete Kiddushin/sanctification, even though she is a deaf-mute girl, for with the consent of her father, she was betrothed and not with her consent/knowledge.
יוצאה בגט – even after she grew up and the power of her father has no legal effect, she receives her Jewish bill of divorce.
אף זו – a woman of sound senses who became a deaf-mute woman and in a similar manner.