27 Ketubot 10/5-6 & 11/1-2

(5) [With regard to] one who was married to four wives and he died, the first [wife] takes precedence over the second, and the second over the third, and the third over the fourth. The first takes an oath at the behest of the second, and the second [for] the third, and the third [for] the fourth. But the fourth is paid [her ketubah] without an oath. Ben Nanas says, "Because she is the last she benefits? [Rather,] she too is paid only by [taking] an oath." If all of [the ketubot] were executed on the same day, whoever precedes her fellow, even by one hour, wins . And this [is why] in Jerusalem they would write hours [into the ketubot]. If all of [the ketubot] were executed in the same hour, and there is only a maneh [worth of property], they divide it equally.

(6) [With regard to] one who was married to two wives, and he sold his field, and the first [wife] wrote to the purchaser, "I have no legal claim to your [property]," the second [wife] may [nevertheless] extract the land from the purchaser. And [then] the first [wife may extract it] from the second, and the purchaser from the first [wife], and [this process] goes round and round until they make a compromise among them. Such is also the case with regard to a creditor, as well as [with] a wife who is [also] a creditor.

(1) A widow must be provided with food out of the property of the orphans. Her handiwork [earnings] belong to them and they are not obligated to [pay for] her burial. Her heirs, who inherit her ketubah [monetary settlement payable to a woman upon divorce or the death of her husband], are obligated to [pay for] her burial.

(2) A widow, whether from betrothal or from marriage, may sell without the court's [sanction]. Rabbi Shimon says, "From marriage, she may sell without the court's [sanction]; from betrothal, she may sell only with [the permission of] the court, because she is not entitled to food [from the husband's estate]; and any woman who is not entitled to food may sell only with the court's [sanction].