Reference for Bava Batra 184:8

אי כל הנישאות בתולות יש להן קול כי איכא עדים מאי הוי מדלית לה קול סהדי שקרי נינהו

why should it not be said,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As Rab said in the case of the sale of the ox. ');">¹³</span> 'Be guided by [what] most women [do]', and most women marry [as] virgins? Rabina said: Because It may be assumed [on the one hand], that the majority of women marry [as] virgins and a minority [as] widows, and, [on the other hand, that] whenever [a woman] marries [as] a virgin [the fact] is known; [consequently] since in her case [the fact] is not known,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As evidenced by the fact that no witnesses are forthcoming. ');">¹⁴</span>

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