Reference for Bava Metzia 208:3

נהרבלאי גבו תילתא מרימר מגבי נמי שבחא

he [the husband] can collect it [from her father] likewise as a debt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it will he subsequently reclaimed from him, he can legally claim it from the father at the time of marriage, or subsequently. ');">³</span>

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