Commentary for Bava Batra 102:3

שאני התם דלא לישוי איניש עבד לוה לאיש מלוה

'If a man borrows money from his slave and then emancipates him, or from his wife and then divorces her, they have no claim against him. What is the reason? Is it not because we say that he merely wished to see if they had any money?' — These cases are different, because we presume that a man would not readily place himself in the position of 'a borrower who is a servant to the lender.' Rab said: If a man sells a field to his wife, She becomes the legal owner, but he is still entitled to the produce. If he makes her a gift of a field, she becomes the legal owner and he is no longer entitled to the produce.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it is assumed that a gift is given without reservation. ');">⁴</span>

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