Commentary for Yevamot 214:1

ומציא עקרא אלא ביאה ומאמר דהוא קעביד מציא עקרא זיקה דרחמנא רמא עלה לא מציא עקרא עולא אמר ממאנת אף לזיקתו מאי טעמא נישואי קמאי קא עקרא

and yet she may annul it! — [This,] however, [is really the reason]: She may annul [a <i>kinyan</i> by] cohabitation or by a ma'amar, because it is the levir who effects it; she cannot, however, annul the levirate bond which the All Merciful has imposed upon her. 'Ulla said: She may exercise her right of refusal even in respect of his levirate bond. What is the reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How could she annul a bond which the 'All Merciful has imposed upon her'? ');">¹</span> [By her refusal] she annuls the marriage of her first husband.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The deceased; so that the levirate bond ceases to exist retrospectively as if it had never been in existence. ');">²</span> Raba raised an objection against 'Ulla: The rival of anyone, entitled to make a declaration of refusal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a girl who married while she was a minor and whose father did not receive the token of her betrothal. This may occur even during the lifetime of her father if she marries a second time after she had been divorced by her first husband to whom she had been given in marriage by her father. After a divorce the father's right to give his 'minor' daughter in marriage ceases. ');">³</span>

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