Commentary for Bava Batra 277:20

אי אמרת בשלמא יורש הוי משום הכי אלמנתו נזונת מנכסיו אלא אי אמרת לוקח הוי אמאי נזונת מנכסיו

— It is possible that maintenance<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The right of the minors to be maintained out of their father's estate. ');">⁵⁶</span> is different,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From a verbal loan. ');">⁵⁷</span> since such [an obligation] is generally known.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it has a voice', i.e., people well know the fact that the deceased had left minors who are entirely dependent on his estate for their maintenance. Hence the husbands of the elder daughters are assumed to have known the fact. Consequently, the claim of the minors is not to be compared to that of a verbal loan but to one given under a written note of indebtedness, in which case it may be collected even from a buyer of the estate, v. infra 175a. ');">⁵⁸</span>

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