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take the Chiltern Hundreds
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Meaning
take the Chiltern Hundreds
meaning
What does
take the Chiltern Hundreds
mean?
take the Chiltern Hundreds
verb
—
(
UK
,
politics
)
To
vacate
one
'
s
seat
in
the
House
of
Commons
(
since
resignation
is
not
permitted
),
under
the
legal
fiction
of
being
appointed
to
an
"
office
of
profit
under
the
Crown
"
:
the
ancient
office
of
Crown
Steward
for
the
Chiltern
Hundreds
,
in
modern
times
a
mere
sinecure
.
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