Commentary for Bava Batra 274:9

אמר ליה רבא לרב נחמן מאי אהדריה אמר ליה ומאי חסריה אלא אמר רב אשי חזינן אי אמר ליה על מנת שתחזירהו הא אהדריה אי א"ל על מנת שתחזירהו לי מידי דחזי ליה קאמר ליה

[if] he did not return it, be is not exempt. [Hereby] we are taught that a gift [presented] on the condition that it be returned is regarded as a [proper] gift.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is considered for the time being the property of the recipient. ');">¹⁷</span> A certain woman owned a palm-tree on ground belonging to R. Bibi b. Abaye. Whenever she went to cut it he showed resentment, [so] she made it over to him for life.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the understanding that after R. Bebai's death it would revert to her or her heirs ');">¹⁸</span>

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