קתני מיהא מציעא בינונית וזיבורית נזקין וב"ח בבינונית וכתובת אשה בזיבורית ואי אמרת בשלו הן שמין תעשה בינונית שלו כעידית וידחה ב"ח אצל זיבורית
the intermediate clause states that if the estate consists only of the medium and the worst qualities, creditors for either damages or loans are paid out of the medium quality whereas marriage contracts will be paid out of the worst quality. If, therefore, you still maintain that the calculation is based only upon the qualities of the defendant's estate, is not the medium [when there is no better with him] his best? Why then should not the creditors for loans be thrown back on the worst quality? — This [intermediate clause] deals with a case where the defendant originally possessed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., at the time when the loan took place, in which case the creditors then obtained a claim on the medium quality by the process of law.
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Tosefta Ketubot
If there is only the best property—they all (all of the categories of collection in the previous halakhot) collect from the best property. [If there is only the] average property—they all collect from the average property. [If there is only the] worst property—they all collect from the worst property. [If there is just] best and average property—damages are evaluated from the best; loans and a wife's ketubah from the average. [If there is just] average and worst property—damages and loans [are evaluated] from the average; a wive's ketubah from the worst. If he sold them [all 3 kinds of property] to one person, or to three people at the same time—they come under the [control of the] new owners, [which means that] damages [that have to be collected him, even from his buyer] are evaluated from the best property [that he sold him], debts from the average, and a wife's ketubah from the worst. If he sold them to three people at different times—even damages [can be evaluated] from the worst property and a wife's ketubah from the best property, [because] they collect from the last [of them, whichever one has the most recent claim]. If [that buyer] does not have [enough to pay the debt], they collect from the one before him; if [that second buyer] does not have [enough either], they collect from the one before the one that was before him.
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