Commentary for Yevamot 188:11

אלא לרבא דאמר חמותו לאחר מיתה איכא בינייהו ליתני נמי חמותו

In respect of marriage,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The case spoken of in our Mishnah. ');">³⁵</span> however, can it be said that one had attached a condition to marriage!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Surely no condition is attachable to marriage; and even on the view that marriage may be contracted conditionally, it is unusual for a person to invalidate a marriage because of the non-fulfilment of a condition attached to it (v. Tosaf. s.v. [H])]. All would consequently know that the first marriage was a valid one and that the second was, therefore, invalid. No letter of divorce was, therefore, necessary even according to R. Akiba, whose view, contrary to the previous assumption, may well be represented in our Mishnah. ');">³⁶</span> Said R. Ashi to R. Kahana: If [our Mishnah represents the view of] R. Akiba, one's mother-in-law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whom one married on receiving a report that his wife (her daughter) was dead. ');">³⁷</span> should also be mentioned,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In our Mishnah. ');">³⁸</span>

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