Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said about the one whom Allah Almighty mentioned, that is, "or the one in whose hand is the marriage tie forgoes it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 237]: It means the woman's father.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14455