Responsa for Yevamot 132:8
ההיא איתתא דעיילה ליה לגברא איצטלא דמילתא בכתובתה שכיב שקלוה יתמי ופרסוה אמיתנא
A woman once brought<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In her dowry, as zon barzel. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> in to her husband a robe of fine wool [which was appraised and included] in her <i>kethubah</i>. When the man died it was taken by the orphans and spread over the corpse. Raba ruled that the corpse had acquired it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The shroud, wraps. or any article of dress that has covered the body of a corpse is deemed to be the dead man's property, and no living person may derive any benefit from it. V. Sanh. 47b. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> Said Nanai son of R. Joseph son of Raba to R. Kahana: But, surely, Raba<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 7. ');"><sup>22</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
A. If the property was set aside by A to be used in payment of his wife's ketubah in case of divorce or his death, or, if it originally formed part of the wife's dowry, the sale is invalid. Otherwise the sale is valid until A's death, or until A divorces his wife, at which time the latter will be permitted to seize such property in payment of her ketubah.
SOURCES: Cr. 250; L. 124; Mord. B.B. 545. Cf. Agudah B.B. 90.