“Such as a rope, bucket, pulley, lock, furnishings, and key”: these are not included in the sale, because they are separate. Thus, if he sells a house containing a well, and the well has a pulley, a well-rope, and a bucket, the pulley is not included. The pulley is the wheel around which the well-rope turns. The well-rope likewise is not included, nor is the bucket.

The apparent meaning of the author’s words is that the pulley is not included even if it is nailed in place. This is open to question, however, because if it is nailed in place, it has been installed to remain permanently; it is therefore like a nailed shelf, and there is no difference between them.

As for the well-rope and the bucket, they are separate and thus are not included in the sale. Similarly, a lock is not included in the sale of a house, because it is separate. But a lock fixed on the doors themselves follows the doors: if the doors are included, it is included; and if they are not included, neither is it.

Furnishings likewise are not included, because they are separate. The apparent meaning of the author’s words is that this applies even if they are affixed, as is found in furnishings nowadays: some furnishings are attached to the floor, while others are separate and can be carried away. Yet it may be said that affixed furnishings are like a nailed shelf: they are included in the sale and are not removed.

Thus, furnishings require further distinction: whatever is firmly affixed is included, whereas whatever is separate and movable is not included.

Likewise, a key is not included in the sale. Accordingly, if I sold you a house, I could take the key, since it is separate. But this conflicts with customary practice and convention. There is no doubt that keys are included; likewise, there is no key