The Shulchan Aruch · Even HaEzer
אבן העזר צ״אEven HaEzer 91
Siman 91 of 178 in Even HaEzer — 5 se'ifim
הלכות כתובותLaws of Ketubot· siman 91
Se’if 1א׳
אִשָּׁה שֶׁהִכְנִיסָה שְׁטַר חוֹב לְבַעֲלָהּ וְחָזְרָה וּמְחָלַתּוּ, אֵינוֹ מָחוּל, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיָּדוֹ כְּיָדָהּ. הַגָּה: וְלָכֵן אֵינָהּ נֶאֱמֶנֶת גַּם כֵּן לוֹמַר: פָּרוּעַ הוּא (נִמּוּקֵי יוֹסֵף פֶּרֶק הַכּוֹתֵב). וְהוּא הַדִּין מִלְוֶה עַל פֶּה אֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לִמְחֹל (בֵּית יוֹסֵף בְּשֵׁם ר"י):
A woman who receives a debt document for her husband, and she goes and waives the debt, the waiving does not work, for his hand is like her hand. Rem"a: Therefore she is not believed as well to say "He redeemed [the debt]" (Nimukei Yosef Perek Hakotev). And the same is true for a loan, which she cannot forgive on his behalf (Bet Yosef in the name of the R"Y).
Se’if 2ב׳
בַּעַל בְּנִכְסֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ הָוֵי כְּלוֹקֵחַ. לְפִיכָךְ, מִי שֶׁאָמַר לְאִשָּׁה: נְכָסַי לָךְ וְאַחֲרַיִךְ לִפְלוֹנִי, וְנִשֵּׂאת, הָוֵי כְּלוֹקֵחַ, וְאֵין לְאַחֲרַיִךְ בִּמְקוֹם בַּעַל כְּלוּם, דְּקַיְמָא לָן נְכָסַי לְךָ וְאַחֲרֶיךָ לִפְלוֹנִי וּמָכַר הָרִאשׁוֹן, אֵין לַשֵּׁנִי אֶלָּא מַה שֶּׁשִּׁיֵּר רִאשׁוֹן. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בְּאוֹמֵר כֵּן לִפְנוּיָה, אֲבָל הָאוֹמֵר לִנְשׂוּאָה: נְכָסַי לָךְ וְאַחֲרַיִךְ לִפְלוֹנִי, וּמֵתָה, אַחֲרַיִךְ קוֹנֶה וְלֹא הַבַּעַל. לְפִיכָךְ, הָאוֹמֵר לִנְשׂוּאָה: נְכָסַי לָךְ וְאַחֲרַיִךְ לִפְלוֹנִי, וּמָכְרָה, וּמֵתָה, יַעַמְדוּ נְכָסִים בְּיַד הַלּוֹקֵחַ:
A husband's status with respect to his wife's property is that of a purchaser. Therefore, if a man said to woman, "My property is yours and after you it should go to such-and-such" and he then marries her, he is like a purchaser, and the "after you" claimant has no potency in the presence of the husband, for we have concluded that [in a case where a person said] "my property is yours and after you it should go to such-and-such" and the first one then sold the property the second one only has a claim to the portion that remained with the first one. This is true is he had made the statement to a single woman. If however, a man said to a married woman, "My property is yours and after you it should go to such-and-such" and she then dies, the "after you" claimant acquires [the property] and not the husband. Therefore, if a man says to a married woman, "My property is yours and after you it should go to such-and-such" and she then sold it, and then died, the property should stay with the purchaser.
Se’if 3ג׳
גָּבוּ לְאִשָּׁה קַרְקַע מִבַּעַל חוֹבָהּ, וְנִשֵּׂאת וּמֵתָה וִירָשָׁהּ הַבַּעַל, אַף עַל גַּב דְּשׁוּמָא חוֹזֶרֶת לְעוֹלָם, הָכָא אֵינָהּ חוֹזֶרֶת, דְּבַעַל כְּלוֹקֵחַ הָוֵי, וְהָוֵי כְּאִלּוּ מְכָרַתּוּ לְאַחֵר. וְכֵן אִם גָּבוּ מִמֶּנָּה לְבַעַל חוֹב, וְנִשֵּׂאת וּמֵתָה וִירָשָׁהּ, אֵין מַחֲזִירִין לוֹ הַשּׁוּמָא:
If real property was collected on a woman's behalf as payment of a debt owed to her, and married, and then died and her husband inherited from her, even though land acquired through collections may always return to their original inheritors, in this case the land does not return, because the husband is considered a third-party acquirer, and it is if the land had been sold to another person. And comparably, if they had claimed land from her for a debt she owed, and she then married, died, and her husband inherited, the land acquired through debt collection is not returned to him.
Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer — Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain
English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0