Commentary for Bava Batra 100:10

גופא אמר רב אין מחזיקין בנכסי אשת איש

R. Joseph said: Rab in truth [meant his dictum<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That it is necessary for a married woman to protest. ');">¹⁰</span> to apply] to [occupation by] outsiders,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore there is no contradiction between him and the Mishnah. ');">¹¹</span> and the case [he had in mind] was where a man had had the use of the property for a time in the lifetime of the husband and for three years after his death. [In that case,] seeing that he could put forward the plea, I bought it from you [the wife], if he merely pleads, You sold it to him and he sold it to me, his word is accepted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence if she does not want him to obtain hazakah, she must protest in time. ');">¹²</span> The text above states that Rab said that 'one cannot obtain <i>hazakah</i> in the property of a married woman.'

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