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.
The verb stymie means to obstruct or hinder. Constantly texting with your friends will stymie your effort to finish your homework. Stymie was first used on the golf course in Scotland, where it referred to an opponent's ball blocking your own ballâs path to the cup. From there a verb sense developed, until finally stymie came to mean blocking with any obstacle, not just a golf ball.