Brewer's: Issue

The point of law in debate or in question. “At issue,” under dispute.

To join issue.
To take opposite views of a question, or opposite sides in a suit. To join issues. To leave a suit to the decision of the court because the parties interested cannot agree.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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