Commentary for Yevamot 222:21

רבי יוסי אומר נסתרה לאלתר לא נסתרה אף לאחר כמה שנים

— R. Johanan replied: It is R. Meir; for it was taught: A complaint in respect of virginity<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A husband's assertion that he found no tokens of virginity (cf. Deut. XXII, 13ff), and that, consequently, his wife is not entitled to her kethubah. ');">⁵²</span> [may be brought] during the first<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'all'. ');">⁵³</span> thirty days;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After marriage; and the husband is believed when he states that he had only just then discovered her defect. If his complaint is made after thirty days, he cannot deprive his wife of her kethubah, it being assumed that her defect, if any, had been discovered by him long ago and that he had acquiesced. His present complaint is regarded as a mere pretext to penalize the woman because of some new quarrel that may have arisen between them. ');">⁵⁴</span>

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