[633] Herein, what is a legal issue arising from dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa)? Here, bhikkhus, bhikkhus dispute: "This is Dhamma" or "This is not Dhamma"; "This is Vinaya" or "This is not Vinaya"; "This was spoken and uttered by the Tathāgata" or "This was not spoken, not uttered by the Tathāgata"; "This was practiced by the Tathāgata" or "This was not practiced by the Tathāgata"; "This was laid down by the Tathāgata" or "This was not laid down by the Tathāgata"; "This is an offense (āpatti)" or "This is not an offense"; "This is a light offense" or "This is a grave offense"; "This is an offense with a remainder" or "This is an offense without a remainder"; "This is a serious offense" or "This is not a serious offense." Whatever quarreling, strife, contention, dispute, divergent talk, contrary talk, speech tending toward friction, and wrangling there is in that regard — this is called a legal issue arising from dispute.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.