State Hazard Mitigation Interagency Committee. Massachusetts has had an active State Hazard Mitigation Interagency Committee (SHMIC) since its. creation in 1991, following two Presidential Disaster Declarations, Hurricane Bob in August and the. Halloween Storm in October of that year. This committee, which consists of state, federal, and.
Conclusion of Law. The rule by which the rights of parties in a lawsuit are determined by a judge's application of relevant statutes or legal principles to the facts of the case that have been found to be true by the jury. The final judgment or decree rendered by a court based upon the verdict reached by the jury.
A case may be brought to a conclusion at any stage of the proceedings by a settlement between the parties or by discontinuance. In the latter case, an applicant State may at any time inform the Court that it is not going on with the proceedings, or the two parties may declare that they have agreed to withdraw the case.