Commentary for Bava Batra 96:5
מר בר רב אשי אמר באשה ודאי קדושין לא הוו הוא עשה שלא כהוגן לפיכך עשו עמו שלא כהוגן ואפקעינהו רבנן לקידושיה מיניה
but if he betrothed her by means of intercourse, how can they nullify the act?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he gave her money, they can declare the money common property, so that the gift was no gift, but they cannot say that the intercourse was no intercourse. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> — He replied: The Rabbis declared his intercourse to be fornication.
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