Halakhah for Bava Batra 154:1

כאותה ששנינו כותבין שטר למוכר אע"פ שאין לוקח עמו כיון שהחזיק זה בקרקע נקנה שטר בכל מקום שהוא וזו היא ששנינו נכסים שאין להן אחריות נקנין עם נכסים שיש להן אחריות בכסף ושטר וחזקה

in accordance with the law we have learned [that] a deed may be written for the seller<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though the statement in the deed is seemingly untrue, since the buyer mentioned is only imaginary; yet, at the request of the seller, it may be written, because this involves no loss to anyone except possibly to the seller himself should he lose the deed and the person therein named should happen to find it. ');">¹</span> though the buyer is not with him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 167b. ');">²</span> [In this case], as soon as [the buyer] takes possession of the ground he acquires [also] the deed, irrespective of the place in which it is kept.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it was the intention of the seller to give the buyer possession of the deed the latter acquires it together with the land just as if he had performed meshikah with the deed itself. ');">³</span>

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