ChilternHundreds

ChilternHundreds
Chiltern Hundreds n. Chiefly British (used with a sing. verb)
A merely formal office applied for by members of Parliament when they wish to resign from the House of Commons.
  [Short for Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, tracts of crown lands in south-central England including the Chiltern Hills.]

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