"take the Chiltern Hundreds" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes the Chiltern Hundreds [present, singular, third-person], taking the Chiltern Hundreds [participle, present], took the Chiltern Hundreds [past], taken the Chiltern Hundreds [participle, past]
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  1. (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. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-take_the_Chiltern_Hundreds-en-verb-3Zf03s0W Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: government, politics
     
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