CHILTERN_HUNDREDS meaning: Appointment facilitating resignation from Parliament

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Chiltern Hundreds: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Chiltern Hundreds: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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chiltern hundreds: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Chiltern Hundreds: Merriam-Webster
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Chiltern Hundreds)

▸ noun: (historical) An ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England, composed of three hundreds and lying partially within the Chiltern Hills.

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Stewardship, appointment, election, nomination

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