Answer:
b
Step-by-step explanation:
Read the following excerpt from Stephen C. Gordon’s Oral Argument to the U.S. Supreme Court, Clifton Terell McNeil vs. United States.
Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court: When this Court construes a statute, the words of the statue matter, the purpose of the statute matters, and the results produced by that construction matter.
Use context clues or a dictionary to select the best definition for Mr. Gordon’s use of statute.
three-dimensional work of art
request
permanent rule
position of an individual in relation to another