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convenience and necessity — See public convenience and necessity … Black's law dictionary
public convenience and necessity — The common criterion used in public utility matters when a board or agency is faced with a petition for action at the request of the utility. In a statute requiring the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Public… … Black's law dictionary
certificate of convenience and necessity — certificate of con·ve·nience and necessity: a certificate issued by an agency granting a company authority to operate a public service esp. as a utility or transportation company Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
certificate of public convenience and necessity — certificate of convenience and necessity … Useful english dictionary
certificate of public convenience and necessity — A certificate from a public service commission as a prerequisite to the construction or extension of a public utility plant or system. 43 Am J1st Pub Util § 198; a certificate, issued by the appropriate regulatory commission to a common carrier… … Ballentine's law dictionary
certificate of convenience and necessity — a certificate from a public board or commission required by federal or state statute before engaging in certain public undertakings or services to protect existing franchises against injurious competition … Useful english dictionary
necessity — Controlling force; irresistible compulsion; a power or impulse so great that it admits no choice of conduct. That which makes the contrary of a thing impossible. The quality or state of being necessary, in its primary sense signifying that which… … Black's law dictionary
necessity — Controlling force; irresistible compulsion; a power or impulse so great that it admits no choice of conduct. That which makes the contrary of a thing impossible. The quality or state of being necessary, in its primary sense signifying that which… … Black's law dictionary
Convenience — Con*ven ience (?; 106), Conveniency Con*ven ien*cy, n. [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See {Convenient}.] 1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. [1913 Webster] Let s further… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
CPC and N — abbreviation certificate of public convenience and necessity … Useful english dictionary
