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спорный вопрос stresses
gen.	point at issue; matter of argument; vexed question; staggerer; contestation; a matter of argument; a matter of dispute; a matter of opinion; a point at issuance; controversial issuance; issue in question (schnuller); contentious question (Alex Lilo); debatable question (Alex Lilo); outstanding matter (Alex Lilo); matter in contest (Alex Lilo); contentious matter (Alex Lilo); vexed issue; issue in dispute (A major aim of the case management conference would be to produce an agreed statement of the issues in dispute. CME Alexander Demidov); misunderstanding (A misunderstanding arose between the United States and Japan over disaster relief activities one day after the Great East Japan Earthquake ... Alexander Demidov); contentious issue; a matter of debate (Whether or not the tax cuts benefit the poor is still a matter of debate. VLZ_58); outstanding issue (Alex Lilo); outstanding question (Alex Lilo); controversy (controversy (over/about/surrounding somebody/something): public discussion and argument about something that many people strongly disagree about, disapprove of, or are shocked by • to arouse/cause controversy • a bitter controversy over/about the site of the new airport • the controversy surrounding his latest movie • The President resigned amid considerable controversy. OALD Alexander Demidov); open to debate (Konstantin Uzhinsky); controversial topic (Wakeful dormouse); moot point (In law, the terms moot and mootness have different meanings in British English and American English. In the legal system of the United States, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law. Thereby the matter has been deprived of practical significance or rendered purely academic. The U.S. development of this word stems from the practice of moot courts, in which hypothetical or fictional cases were argued as a part of legal education. These purely academic issues led the U.S. courts to describe cases where developing circumstances made any judgment ineffective as "moot". The doctrine can be compared to the ripeness doctrine, another judge-made rule, that holds that judges should not rule on cases based entirely on anticipated disputes or hypothetical facts. Similar doctrines prevent the federal courts of the United States from issuing advisory opinions. This is different from the usage in the British legal system, where the term "moot" has the meaning of "debatable". The shift in usage was first observed in the United States Taras); something debatable (But whether reading more than 100 pages of a textbook and taking notes on the material really sparks students' interest is debatable. 4uzhoj); controversial point (Азери); double-edged sword (scrooblk)
Игорь Миг	divisive question; sticking point; is far from a given
adv.	controversial subject; matter of opinion
BrE	moot point
busin.	controversial issue; matter; matter in dispute; disputable issue (dimock); dispute (Alexander Demidov); issue
dipl.	contentious problem; controversial matter; divisive issue; controversial problem; disputable problem; disputable question; point in question (bigmaxus)
econ.	case at issue; question of issue
energ.ind.	matter of dispute
	third rail (в политике страны Taras)
idiom.	debatable point (Yeldar Azanbayev)
law	difference; matter in controversy; moot case; question at issue; at issue; contestable matter; disputable matter; questionable matter; disputed issue (Alex_Odeychuk)
Makarov.	a point at issue; moot question; point of controversy; the matter in dispute
mar.law	at issue point
math.	a moot point; a controversial issue
media.	bargaining issue (bigmaxus); chip away at an issue (bigmaxus); divisive issues (bigmaxus)
mil.	controversial question
polit.	contentions question (ssn)
scient.	arguable point (I. Havkin); debatable issue (Sergei Aprelikov)
torped.	the question at issue
unions.	issue of concern (Кунделев)
спорные вопросы
gen.	outstanding issues
Gruzovik	controversial issues
Makarov.	disputable points
media.	points of friction (bigmaxus)
nautic.	subjects (matters needing resolution before the charter can be agreed Ying)

спорные вопросы : 263 phrases in 26 subjects

Accounting	1
Advertising	1
Audit	1
Aviation	2
Biology	1
Business	6
Diplomacy	14
Electronics	1
Energy industry	7
General	56
Information technology	1
Law	33
Makarov	64
Maritime law & Law of the Sea	1
Mass media	54
Mathematics	4
Medical	1
Military	4
Nautical	1
Notarial practice	1
Obsolete / dated	1
Politics	3
Project management	1
Scientific	2
Technology	1
United Nations	1