Reference for Bava Metzia 208:2

ר' יוסי היה דורש לשון הדיוט דתניא רבי יוסי אומר מקום שנהגו לעשות כתובה מלוה גובה מלוה לכפול גובה מחצה

R. Jose interpreted common terms. For it has been taught: R. Jose said: Where it is the practice to treat the <i>kethubah</i> as an ordinary debt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if a woman is widowed, she is empowered to sue for her marriage settlement, part of which had formed in the first place the dowry given to her husband by her father or family, just as for an ordinary debt. ');">²</span>

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