Commentary for Ketubot 178:5

אמרי ליה רב כהנא ורב אסי לרב לדידך דאמרת גט גובה עיקר אלמנה מן הנשואין במאי גביא בעדי מיתה וליחוש דלמא גירשה ומפקא לגיטא וגביא ביה ביושבת תחת בעלה

Kahana and R. Assi said to Rav: According to your ruling, that with a get she can collect her base ketubah payment, how does a woman who was widowed after her marriage collect her ketubah? Through the witnesses [who testify to the] death [of her husband]. Should we not be concerned that her husband might have divorced her and that she might subsequently produce the get and collect with it also? [A widow may collect her ketubah only] if she lived with her husband.

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