CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY

certificate of convenience and necessity.A certificate issued by an administrative agency granting operating authority to a utility or transportation company. — Also termed certificate of public convenience and necessity. [Cases: Automobiles  77; Carriers  8; Public Utilities  113. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace § 189; Carriers §§ 356–366, 373–376, 378–381, 383–384; Motor Vehicles §§ 174, 179–183; Public Utilities §§ 4, 69, 71.] [Blacks Law 8th]