[1050] Is a legal issue arising from dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa) an offense (āpatti) or not an offense?
A legal issue arising from dispute is not an offense.
But might one then commit an offense with a legal issue arising from dispute as its condition?
Yes, one might commit an offense with a legal issue arising from dispute as its condition.
With a legal issue arising from dispute as its condition, how many offenses does one commit?
With a legal issue arising from dispute as its condition, one commits two offenses: insulting one who is fully ordained (upasampanna) is an offense of pācittiya; insulting one who is not fully ordained is an offense of dukkaṭa. With a legal issue arising from dispute as their condition, one commits these two offenses.
Of the four failures (vipatti), how many failures do those offenses belong to? Of the four legal issues (adhikaraṇa), which legal issue are they? Of the seven classes of offense (āpattikkhandha), by how many classes of offense are they comprised? Of the six origins of offenses (samuṭṭhāna), by how many origins do they arise? By how many legal issues, in how many places, by how many means of settlement (samatha) are they settled?
Those offenses belong to one of the four failures: the failure of conduct (ācāravipatti). Of the four legal issues, they are the legal issue arising from offense (āpattādhikaraṇa). Of the seven classes of offense, they are comprised by two classes of offense: sometimes by the pācittiya class of offense, sometimes by the dukkaṭa class of offense. Of the six origins of offenses, they arise by three origins. They are settled by one legal issue — the legal issue arising from business (kiccādhikaraṇa) — in three places: in the midst of the Saṅgha, in the midst of a group, and in the presence of an individual; and by three means of settlement: sometimes by settlement in the presence of (sammukhāvinaya) together with acting upon acknowledgment (paṭiññātakaraṇa), and sometimes by settlement in the presence of together with covering over as with grass (tiṇavatthāraka).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.