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Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds Chiltern Hundreds [AS. Chiltern the Chiltern, high hills in Buckinghamshire, perh. Fr. ceald cold + ern, [ae]rn, place.] A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

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- Chiltern Hundreds is an ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England, composed of three "hundreds" and lying partially within the Chiltern...
- The Chiltern Hundreds may refer to: Chiltern Hundreds, an ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern...
- the position of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds (or the Three Hundreds of Chiltern) is a procedural device to allow members of Parliament...
- The Chiltern Hills are a chalk escarpment in southern England, northwest of London, covering 660 square miles (1,700 km2) across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire...
- The jurisdiction of hundred courts was curtailed by the Administration of Justice Act 1977. The steward of the Chiltern Hundreds is notable as a legal...
- The Chiltern Hundreds (released in the U.S. as The Amazing Mr. Beecham) is a 1949 British politically-themed comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs...
- hills Chiltern Hundreds, ancient administrative area lying partially in the Chiltern Hills Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke...
- are considered to be offices of profit: Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, and Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. Since the p****age...
- The Chiltern Hundreds is a 1947 English-language stage comedy by William Douglas-Home, which ran for 651 performances at London's Vaudeville Theatre....
- Before 1770 (William de Grey), between 1775 and 1780 (Edward Meux Worsley to Sir William Lynch), and between 1782 and 1787 (John Buller to Sir George Duckett)...