Bava Batra

He  replied to him:  We explain this  as being due to [the fact  that the freedom] certificate is not complete. Raba said in the name of R. Nahman: [In] five [cases] it is necessary  that all one's possessions shall be given away in writing;  and they are the following:  [The case of a] dying man; one's slave; one s wife, one's sons; [and] a woman who keeps her husband away from her estate.  'A dying man' — for we learnt: IF A DYING MAN GAVE ALL HIS PROPERTY, IN WRITING, TO OTHERS, AND LEFT [FOR HIMSELF] SOME [PIECE OF] LAND, HIS GIFT IS VALID. [IF, HOWEVER], HE DID NOT LEAVE [FOR HIMSELF] SOME [PIECE OF] LAND, HIS GIFT IS INVALID.  'One's slave' — for we learnt: If one gave all his property to his slave, in writing. [the latter] goes forth [as] a free man. [If] he left [for himself] some lands [the slave] does not go forth [as] a free man.  'One's wife' — for Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel: If [a dying man] gave all his property to his wife, in writing. he [thereby] only appointed her administratrix.  'One's sons' — for we learnt: If [a person] assigns all his property to his sons in writing, and he has assigned [also] to his wife [a piece of] land of any size whatsoever, she loses [the claims of] her kethubah.  'A woman who keeps her husband away from her estate' — for a Master said: A woman who [desires to] keep [her husband] away [from her estate],  must give away all her estate, in writing.  In all these [cases]  movables are [also regarded as] a reservation,  except [in that] of a kethubah since [in respect to it] the Rabbis have enacted [that a woman has a claim] upon lands, [but] have not provided [her with the right of collecting it]  from movables. Amemar said: Movables that are entered in the kethubah and are [also] available, are [regarded as] a reservation. [If a person]  said, 'My property [shall be given] to X', slave[s] are included,  for we learnt: If one gave all his property to his slave in writing, [the latter] goes forth [as] a free man.  Land is described [as] property; for we learnt: Property which has a security  may be acquired by means of money, deed and possession.  A cloak is called property, for we learnt:  And that which has no security  can only be acquired by means of pulling.  Money is called property; for we learnt: And that which has no security may be acquired in conjunction with property which has a security. [bought jointly with it,] by means of money, deed and possession;  as in the case of  R. Papa [who] had a [money claim of] twelve thousand zuz at Be-Huzae, [and] he passed them over into the possession of R. Samuel b. Aha by virtue of the threshold of his house, [and] when the latter came [back] he went out to meet him as far as Tauak.  A deed is called property; for Raba b. Isaac said: There are two [kinds] of deeds. [If a person says.] 'Take possession of the field on behalf of X, and write for him the deed', he may withdraw the deed but not the field. [If. however, he says. 'Take possession of the field] on condition that you write for him the deed', he may withdraw both the deed and the field. But R. Hiyya b. Abin said in the name of R. Huna: There are three [kinds of] deeds. Two have just been described. [And the] third is one which the seller writes before [the sale] in accordance with the law we have learnt that