the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds

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• Chiltern Hundreds — /chiltarn handradz/ In English law, the offices of steward or bailiff of His Majesty s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham; or the steward of the Manor of Northsted. Chiltern Hundreds is an appointment under the hand and… …   Black's law dictionary

• Chiltern Hundreds — /chiltarn handradz/ In English law, the offices of steward or bailiff of His Majesty s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham; or the steward of the Manor of Northsted. Chiltern Hundreds is an appointment under the hand and… …   Black's law dictionary

• Chiltern Hundreds — /tʃɪltən ˈhʌndrədz/ (say chiltuhn hundruhdz) noun (in England) an office, technically one of profit under the Crown, for which members of Parliament apply, by a legal fiction, in order to resign. {shortened form of Stewardship of the Chiltern… …  

• Chiltern Hundreds — /chil teuhrn/, Brit. 1. certain crown lands, the stewardship of which is nominally bestowed on a member of the House of Commons to provide an excuse to resign, as members are not allowed to hold titular office from the crown. 2. to apply for the… …   Universalium

• 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chiltern Hills — near Nettlebed Country England Counties Bedfordshire …   Wikipedia

• Resignation from the British House of Commons — Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. In order to circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used. Appointment to an office of profit under the Crown disqualifies an… …   Wikipedia

• 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 …   Universalium

• Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, 1973 — The Berwick upon Tweed by election, 1973 was a parliamentary by election held on 8th November1973 for the British House of Commons constituency of Berwick upon Tweed.The by election took place during the 1970s Liberal Party revival. This was the… …   Wikipedia

• Manor of Northstead — Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead Arms of Her Majesty s Government …   Wikipedia

• Resignation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resignation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resignation resignation retirement abdication renunciation abjuration Sgm: N 1 abandonment abandonment relinquishment PARAG:Resignation >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V 1 resign …   English dictionary for students