Ann Budge has confirmed Hearts will take legal action if the current Premiership standings are declared final.
The Jambos owner insists the season cannot be ended in its current state as Scottish football faces an indefinite shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The SPFL are expected to make a decision on the Premiership, Championship, League One and League Two in the near future.
If the top-flight status quo is taken as the final outcome to the season, Hearts will be relegated to the Championship.
And Budge disputes that her club should face the drop under current rules.
She told Sky Sports: “Well it depends on how you read the rules, and I don’t read the rules that way.
“So I think if the season was deemed to be ended then you have to go back to the rules and the rules very, very clearly state that the competition comprises 38 games.
“Clearly we all know that we have not played 38 games so I don’t think it’s as simple as somebody can say ‘let’s just deem everything to be as it is and take it from there’. I don’t think that’s reasonable.
“I’d love to be able to finish the season but if we can’t then I think we need to be pragmatic about it and take a view on premature ending.
Asked directly if the club would mount a legal challenge, Budge confirmed: "Yes, I would have to.
“Because I fundamentally disagree.
“Because there are so many options it’s difficult to sit here and say: ‘well I would do this, I would do that'.
“I am not of a view that it’s a reasonable thing to do, nor can I see who would benefit. How does that help anybody?
“In a situation where we’re all confronting issues that nobody ever imagined we’d have to confront, who benefits? I just can’t get my head around it.
“I’ve already made my position known - in a non-confrontational manner I’d like to say - but I have put my arguments over (to the SPFL).”
