Commentary for Kiddushin 156:14

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מי שנתן רשות לשלוחו לקדש את בתו והלך הוא וקדשה אם שלו קדמו קידושיו קידושין ואם של שלוחו קדמו קידושיו קידושין ואם אינו ידוע

But according to R'Meir, who maintained: One can transmit property that is non-existent, what is the purpose of 'he shall acknowledge'? - Where he inherits it while he was dying.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though he could not make a gift just then, his previous recognition is valid. Tosaf. observes that a dying man's gift is valid, but that he is physically unable to make one. For fuller notes v. B.B. (Sonc. ed.) pp. 530ff');">²²</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF A MAN AUTHORIZES HIS AGENT TO GIVE HIS DAUGHTER IN BETROTHAL,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., accept kiddushin on her behalf.');">²³</span> AND THEN HE HIMSELF GOES AND GIVES HER IN BETROTHAL TO ANOTHER, IF THE [BETROTHAL] BY HIM WAS FIRST, HIS BETROTHAL IS VALID; IF THE AGENT'S WAS FIRST, THE LATTER'S BETROTHAL IS VALID. BUT IF IT IS UNKNOWN,

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