Commentary for Bava Batra 101:6

אמר ליה פשיטא דל זוזי מהכא ותיקני בשטרא מי לא תנן נכסים שיש להן אחריות נקנין בכסף ובשטר ובחזקה

Said the other: What was this exceptionally fine rule which you drew up? He replied: 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 money. Said R. Huna: This is obvious. Take away the money, and she still becomes legal owner by means of the deed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if he gives her a deed of sale (without taking money from her), it is obvious that he does not desire to see if she has any money, since she becomes legal owner even without handing over any money (although of course she becomes indebted to him). ');">¹¹</span> For have we not learnt: [Ownership in] landed property is acquired by means of money payment, deed, or <i>hazakah</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kid. 26a; infra 86a. The word 'hazakah' here means occupation by means of some action which proclaims ownership, e.g. digging or fencing. ');">¹²</span>

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