Public-service corporation

Public-service corporation
Public-service corporation Public-service corporation or sometimes Quasi-public corporation Quasi-public corporation A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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