Bava Batra

Does not this mean an actual reshuth harabbim?  — No; [it means] an alley. But has it not been treated as being in a similar category to that of a courtyard which belongs to neither of them?  — The [phrase], 'courtyard which belongs to neither of them', also signifies that [the court] is neither in the entire ownership of the one nor in the entire ownership of the other; but in the joint ownership of the two. R. Shesheth inquired of R. Huna: [If] the buyer's vessel stands on the premises of the seller, does the buyer, [thereby] acquire possession [of a purchase placed in it] or not?  — He replied unto him: You have learned this [in the following]:  [If the husband] has thrown it [a get]  into [his wife's] lap or into her work-basket,  she is divorced.  R. Nahman said unto him: Why do you bring an answer from this which has been refuted by a hundred arguments to one?  For Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel: This [law  applies only to the case] where the work-basket was hanging upon her.  And Resh Lakish said:  Fastened [to], though not hanging upon her.  R. Adda b. Ahaba said:  When the basket was standing between her thighs.  R. Mesharsheya, the son of R. Ammi, said:  When her husband was a seller of women's work-baskets.  R. Johanan said:  The place [occupied by] her lap, [as well as] the place [occupied by] her work-basket, is her property. Raba said:  R. Johanan's reason is because a man does not mind [conceding to his wife] either the place [occupied by] her lap  or the place [taken up by] her work-basket. But, [concluded R. Nahman], bring your answer from this: [It has been taught  that if the purchase was] on the premises of the seller, [the buyer] does not acquire possession until he has lifted it or has removed it from the seller's premises. Does not this [apply to the case when the purchase was] in the buyer's vessel?  — No; in the seller's vessel. But now, since the first clause [deals with a case where the purchase is] in the seller's vessel, the final clause also [must deal with a purchase] in the seller's vessel, [how then can you] explain [this] final clause? [It reads:] [If the purchase was] on the premises of the buyer, he acquires possession as soon as the seller has consented [to the terms of the sale].  Now, if [the purchase was, as you assert], in the seller's vessel, why does the buyer acquire possession? — The final clause deals with a case when the vessel belongs to the buyer. And how [do you arrive at such] a definite decision? — It is usual that at the seller's, the vessels of the seller are likely to be used; at the buyer's, the vessels of the buyer are likely to be used. Raba said come and hear: [It has been taught:]  [If] he has pulled his  ass drivers [who pulled with them their asses], or his  labourers and has [thus] brought them into his house [while the loads  remained on their backs], whether the price was fixed before the measuring, or the measuring took place before the price was fixed, both  may withdraw from the sale.