Responsa for Moed Katan 25:5
אמר אביי נקטינן טימא טהרותיו ומת לא קנסו בנו אחריו מאי טעמא היזק שאינו ניכר לא שמיה היזק לדידיה קנסו רבנן לבריה לא קנסו רבנן:
Said Abaye, We have it on tradition that if a man has defiled his fellow's clean [produce]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which had been carefully guarded by the owner from contamination, if the malefactor spitefully threw (for instance) a dead reptile on the heap of washed corn or among the gathered olives or grapes (cf. Lev. XI, 29-34) . Priests' due of these could not be eaten, but might only be burnt as fuel. Pious lay-people would not buy such produce.');"><sup>9</sup></span> and dies they do not penalize his son after him [to pay for the damage caused]. What is the reason? 'Imperceptible damage<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As there is no visible change in the produce that has been thus deteriorated, he call say that all is still as it was.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
A. All punishments for sin prescribed by the Torah are applicable to women as well as to men. Therefore, a ban of excommunication may be put upon women informers. If they possess property over which their husbands exercise no rights, the injured party may collect damages from such property. He may also collect damages from their Niksei Melug [a wife's property, the income of which belongs to the husband although he is not responsible for the loss of the property itself] which may immediately be transferred to the claimant. The husband, however, will continue to reap the income of such property until his death or the death of his wife (whichever comes first) or until they are divorced.
SOURCES: Pr. 599; Mord. B. K. 90–1; Agudah B. K. 105.