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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.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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Nie: Where is the point at which humans move from natural selection to ethical selection, or from animal beings into human beings?
A conceptual map of ethical literary criticism: an interview with Nie Zhenzhao
Second, they contend that natural selection is not a strong enough mechanism to function in the way science claims it does because of their belief that genetic mutations cannot yield positive results for organisms.
Natural selection: constantly testing
For teachers interested in understanding their students' reasoning about natural selection, we suggest that there are two fundamental problems that must be solved: (1) assessing contextual competence so that instruction can be planned accordingly and (2) having a tool that can be modified but retains inferences of validity.
Reasoning about natural selection: diagnosing contextual competency using the ACORNS instrument
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, which had been identified in several reports as a distribution partner on Natural Selection's planned crime film The IceMan, for instance, is now unlikely to get involved because of concerns about the Qadhafis, according to two people connected to the situation.
Hollywood scramble to live down Qadhafi links
Graffin's divergent view on natural selection is partially due to his experiences with field research.
Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World without God
Even more bewildering is the authors' contention that Charles Darwin conflated common descent and natural selection into a single idea.
Putting theory to the test
An initial brew of 3,000 bottles of Darwin's Natural Selection (5.0% alcohol by volume) will be on sale throughout the region with more evolving through 2009.
Beers to Darwin and his theory; Scientific theory and beer meet next week in a unique event. In association with NETPARK
Natural selection no longer has death as a handy tool."
Evolution 'at an end', says expert
Prof Jones says: "Natural selection no longer has death as a tool.
LIFE JUST CAN'T GET ANY BETTER
"God, Evolution, Natural Selection" is author Kenneth H.
God, Evolution, Natural Selection
Matt Lucas in his letter concerning the design of the woodpecker (PE, 12 December) believes that not all scientists and engineers would accept that natural selection is responsible for the creation of this remarkable bird.
The design of the woodpecker
The negative thesis is that some aspects of life and its history cannot be understood in terms of natural selection. The positive thesis is that these aspects must be understood as the effects of an alternative causal agency, one that is properly characterized as "intelligent." Some people argue that ID is not science.
Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith

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