Public Utility

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Public Utility

Meaning of Public Utility

A business or service which is engaged in regularly supplying the public with some commodity or service of public consequence, such as electricity, gas, water , transportation , telephone or telegraph service. See Glenbrook development Co. v Brea, 253 Cal.App.2d 267, 61 Cal.Rptr. 189. This definition is subject to modifications by statutory definitions.

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Concept of Public Utility in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Public Utility: A company such as the telephone company, electric company, or gas company, which supplies a necessity in our modern life.

Concept of Public Utility in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Public Utility: A company such as the telephone company, electric company, or gas company, which supplies a necessity in our modern life.


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