Quoting%20commentary for Kiddushin 18:9

מתקיף לה ר' אבא בר ממל אם כן נערה המאורסה דאמר רחמנא בסקילה היכי משכחת לה

How much do you give your daughter? - So much. If they [thereupon] arose and made a betrothal, they acquire a title [to the promised sums], and these are the things which are acquired by a verbal undertaking.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Normally, a promise is binding only if the recipient performs an act of acquisition. i.e., he takes an article, not necessarily the thing promised, from the promisor. Here, however, the promise itself is binding. And the Baraitha quoted teaches that the witnesses may not draw up bonds to that effect unless both parties consent.');">⁹</span>

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