[911] Question: Which of the four kinds of legal issues (adhikaraṇa) does a legal issue arising from dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa) give rise to?
Answer: A legal issue arising from dispute does not give rise to any one of the four kinds of legal issues; and yet, with a legal issue arising from dispute as condition, all four legal issues may arise.
How so? Here bhikkhus dispute, saying: "It is Dhamma," or "It is not Dhamma"; "It is Vinaya," or "It is not Vinaya"; "It was spoken and uttered by the Tathāgata," or "It was not spoken and not uttered by the Tathāgata"; "It was practiced by the Tathāgata," or "It was not practiced by the Tathāgata"; "It was laid down by the Tathāgata," or "It was not laid down by the Tathāgata"; "It is an offense (āpatti)," or "It is not an offense"; "It is a light offense," or "It is a grave offense"; "It is an offense with remainder," or "It is an offense without remainder"; "It is a corrupt offense (duṭṭhullā āpatti)," or "It is not a corrupt offense." Whatever therein is strife, quarreling, contention, dispute, divergent assertion, contrary assertion, offensive speech, and wrangling — this is called a legal issue arising from dispute.
The Saṅgha disputes over a legal issue arising from dispute: this is a legal issue arising from dispute. While disputing, one accuses: this is a legal issue arising from accusation (anuvādādhikaraṇa). While accusing, one falls into an offense: this is a legal issue arising from an offense (āpattādhikaraṇa). On account of that offense the Saṅgha carries out a formal act (kamma): this is a legal issue arising from business (kiccādhikaraṇa).
Thus, with a legal issue arising from dispute as condition, all four legal issues arise.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.