The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 2.8.43

2.8.43

iti dānapraśaṃsādarśanāc ca | vikraye 'pi kartavye sahiraṇyam udakaṃ dattvā dānarūpeṇa sthāvaravikrayaṃ kuryād ity arthaḥ | paitṛke paitāmahe ca dhane janmanaiva svatve 'pi viṣeśaṃ bhūr yā pitāmahopāttā (YDh 2.121) ity atra vakṣyāmaḥ || 2.113 ||

The meaning is that even when a sale must be made, one should execute the sale of immovable property in the form of a gift, having given water accompanied by gold. Although ownership arises by birth alone in paternal and ancestral property, we will explain the distinction under the verse: "Land acquired by the grandfather…" (2.121). || 2.113