Commentary for Bava Batra 290:3

ואין הבכור נוטל פי שנים דהוה ליה ראוי ואין הבכור נוטל בראוי כבמוחזק

[If] he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being out of town. ');">¹²</span> [could] hear the sound of the [wedding] bells,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. tabla, [H] Gr. [G], an instrument from which bells were suspended, used at bridal and other processions. [Others, 'drum', 'tambourine'; v. Krauss, op cit 92ff.] ');">¹³</span> he should have come.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the gift. And since he did not, it may be claimed through a court of law. ');">¹¹</span> [If] he [could] not hear the sound of the bells,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (Either he was not within hearing distance (R. Gersh.): or, the custom had fallen into desuetude in the locality (Krauss. op. cit. II, 41).] ');">¹⁴</span> the [other]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bridegroom. ');">¹⁵</span> should have informed him. He has, therefore, a grievance [against him],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For failing to inform him. ');">¹⁶</span>

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