take the Chiltern Hundreds in English

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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> the Chiltern Hundreds}} take the Chiltern Hundreds (third-person singular simple present takes the Chiltern Hundreds, present participle taking the Chiltern Hundreds, simple past took the Chiltern Hundreds, past participle taken the Chiltern Hundreds)

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        "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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        "(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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  "word": "take the Chiltern Hundreds"
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    {
      "form": "takes the Chiltern Hundreds",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "(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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"take the Chiltern Hundreds" meaning in English

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