Responsa for Yevamot 213:6

נכנסה לחופה ולא נבעלה מאי איכא למימר לפי שאין תנאי בחופה

What reason, however, could be advanced<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the prohibition of mi'un. V. Glos. ');">¹³</span> where the father<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., his successors in authority over the minor, after his death, viz., his wife and sons. (Cf. supra p. 738, n. 2). Where a father is alive the law of mi'un (with the exception of the case mentioned supra p. 2, n. 6) does not apply, since he has the right to give her away in perfect and proper marriage while she is a minor. ');">¹⁷</span> entrusted her to the representatives of the husband?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An act which, though regarded as marriage, is a stage preceding that of entry into the bridal chamber, where a condition is valid, even in the case of a bride who is of age. ');">¹⁸</span> — The Rabbis made no distinction.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between a marriage fully consummated and one in its earlier stage. Since both are cases of marriage, permissibility of mi'un in the latter might lead to an erroneous conclusion concerning the former. ');">¹⁹</span>

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