Commentary for Bava Batra 101:4

שמעת מינה המוכר שדה לאשתו קנתה ולא אמרינן לגלויי זוזי הוא דבעי לא אימא הא ראיה יש בשטר מתנה

[that the field has been sold to her] the sale is valid. But cannot the husband plead against this that he merely desired to see if she had any money?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He suspected that she had money hidden away and wanted to entice her to produce it, but he had no genuine intention of selling her the field. ');">⁷</span> May we then not learn from this [Mishnah] that if a man sells a field to his wife, she becomes the legal owner and we do not say that he merely desired to see if she had any money? — No; we infer [rather] thus: but if she brings a proof it is effective in the case of a deed of gift [though not of a deed of sale].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if she produces a deed of gift, we say that he really has given her the field, for there is no question here of enticing her to produce money. ');">⁸</span>

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