Commentary for Bava Batra 102:6

אמר רבא הלכתא המוכר שדה לאשתו לא קנתה והבעל אוכל פירות במתנה קנתה ואין הבעל אוכל פירות תרתי

Raba said: The law is that if a man sells a field to his wife she does not become the legal owner and the husband is entitled to the produce, but if he gives it to her she becomes the legal owner and the husband is not entitled to the produce. [Do not the] two [halves of Raba's first statement contradict each other]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' First he says, 'She does not acquire ownership,' i.e., either of the soil or of the produce, and then he says, 'and the husband is entitled to the produce,' which implies that the wife acquires ownership of the soil. ');">⁸</span> — There is no contradiction. The one [half] refers to the case where the wife had money hidden away,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In this case we say that he merely wished to find out if the wife had any money, and she does not acquire ownership. ');">⁹</span>

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