The federal government uses a statistic called the poverty threshold to define poverty. The national average poverty line in 2012 was $23,050 for a family of four and $11,170 for an individual

A collection of laws relating to the same topic and presented in a comprehensive and systemic arrangement is called a(n)

A) code. B) ordinance. C) statute. D) jurisprudence.

Which of the following is true of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

A. It set up the western boundary of the Connecticut colony. B. It consisted of the first ten amendments to the Constitution which codified the inalienable rights. C. It proposed that Connecticut's laws should be made by the British Crown and not the settlers in the New World. D. It called for the civil laws to be made by an assembly of elected representatives from each town. E. It provided the basic architectural layout for Connecticut.