The constellation metaphor and the bundle of rights metaphor may be used to describe the different interests and obligations as they currently exist or may exist in given scenarios. The continuum of land rights may be used to explain and predict how systems change in response to local and external forces.
Stymied is defined as that the progress of something has been prevented or hindered. When someone cuts off funding for a project and progress stops, this is an example of a situation where the project has been stymied. Verb. simple past tense and past participle of stymie.
Definition of stoic. 1 capitalized : a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. holding that the wise man should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law.