Kesubos 2:1-2

Kesubos 2:1

Let’s say that a woman was widowed or divorced and she doesn’t have a written kesubah. She claims she was married as a virgin (and therefore entitled to 200 dinars) but her husband (in the case of divorce) says she was a widow (and therefore entitled to 100 dinars). If there are witnesses that she was taken to her wedding wearing a veil (in the style of virgins) with her hair uncovered (likewise in the style of virgins), then she receives 200 dinars. Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka says that even distributing parched grain at the wedding (as was done at the wedding of virgins) is considered sufficient proof.

Kesubos 2:2

Rabbi Yehoshua agrees that if a person tells his friend, “This field belonged to your father but I bought it from him,” then he is believed. This is because he both created the claim (“this field belonged to your father”) and answered it (“I bought it from him”). However, if witnesses tell a person that a certain field belonged to his father and another person claims to have purchased it, he is not believed.