In the Revised Statutes numbering, which term denotes the third element?

• A. Title
• B. Chapter
• C. Section
• D. Subsection

Answer: (C)

Understanding how statutory numbering is organized helps you see why the third element is named this way. Statutes are arranged in a hierarchy: a broad Title covers a subject area, within that Title are Chapters that break the subject down further, and inside each Chapter are Sections that specify individual provisions. Subsections live inside a Section as even smaller divisions.

Because of this order, the first level is the Title, the second is the Chapter, and the third is the Section. That’s why the term denoting the third element is Section. For context, a full citation might look like Title X, Chapter Y, Section Z, with any further subdivisions like Subsection (a) following inside the Section.