[1064] Dispute and the legal issue of dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa); dispute that is not a legal issue (adhikaraṇa); a legal issue that is not a dispute; that which is both a legal issue and a dispute. A dispute may be a legal issue of dispute; a dispute may not be a legal issue; a legal issue may not be a dispute; it may be both a legal issue and a dispute.
Herein, what is a dispute that is a legal issue of dispute? Here bhikkhus dispute: "This is Dhamma," or "This is not Dhamma," … "This is a grave offense," or "This is not a grave offense" — whatever strife, quarrel, contention, dispute, divergent assertion, contrary assertion, speech tending to hostility, and contentiousness there is in that matter: this is a dispute that is a legal issue of dispute.
Herein, what is a dispute that is not a legal issue? A mother disputes with her son; a son disputes with his mother; a father disputes with his son; a son disputes with his father; a brother disputes with a brother; a brother disputes with a sister; a sister disputes with a brother; a friend disputes with a friend: this is a dispute that is not a legal issue.
Herein, what is a legal issue that is not a dispute? The legal issue of accusation (anuvādādhikaraṇa), the legal issue of offense (āpattādhikaraṇa), the legal issue of duties (kiccādhikaraṇa): this is a legal issue that is not a dispute.
Herein, what is both a legal issue and a dispute? The legal issue of dispute is both a legal issue and a dispute.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.