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SERVITUDES, NATURAL, civil law. Those servitudes which arise in consequence of the nature of the soil.
     2. By law the inferior heritages, are submitted in relation to the natural flow of waters, and the like, to the superior. An inferior field is, therefore, subject to the injury or prejudice which the situation of the ground, in its natural state, way cause it.
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Instead, quasi-experiments and natural experiments can be used to test ICT products.
Experience design methodology: the four questions by Gallant, Linda M. / Academic Exchange Quarterly
In natural experiments, comparable populations, in this case the populations of entire states, voluntarily assign themselves different levels of risk.
Seatbelt law enforcement and motor vehicle crash fatalities among ... by Goldzweig, Irwin A. / Southern Medical Journal
But the number of observations is not very large and I am not convinced that adding more data points in order to improve statistical significance by going back and including earlier elections would particularly helpful to resolve the difficulties posed by this small number (which is that when the number of natural experiments is small, accurate statistical inference is difficult).
Stuffed shirts vs. 'skins: an econometric critic tells how to predict ... by Graham, Edward M. / The International Economy
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