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Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds 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 cannot resign, when they wish to go
out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their
seats.
Meaning of Chiltern Hundreds from wikipedia
- The
Chiltern Hundreds is an
ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England,
composed of
three ancient hundreds and
lying partially within the...
- The
Chiltern Hundreds may
refer to:
Chiltern Hundreds, an
ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire,
England Crown Steward and
Bailiff of the Chiltern...
- the
position of
Crown Steward and
Bailiff of the
Chiltern Hundreds (or the
Three Hundreds of
Chiltern) is a
procedural device to
allow members of Parliament...
- The
Chiltern Hills or the
Chilterns are a
chalk escarpment in
southern England,
located to the north-west of London,
covering 660
square miles (1,700 km2)...
-
hills Chiltern Hundreds,
ancient administrative area
lying partially in the
Chiltern Hills Crown Steward and
Bailiff of the
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke...
- The
jurisdiction of
hundred courts was
curtailed by the
Administration of
Justice Act 1977. The
steward of the
Chiltern Hundreds is
notable as a legal...
- The
Chiltern Hundreds is a 1947 English-language
stage comedy by
William Douglas-Home,
which ran for 651
performances at London's
Vaudeville Theatre....
- are
considered to be
offices of profit:
Steward and
Bailiff of the
Chiltern Hundreds, and
Steward and
Bailiff of the
Manor of Northstead.
Since the p****age...
- The
Chiltern Hundreds (released in the U.S. as The
Amazing Mr. Beecham) is a 1949
British politically-themed
comedy film
directed by John
Paddy Carstairs...
-
Before 1770 (William de Grey),
between 1775 and 1780 (Edward Meux
Worsley to Sir
William Lynch), and
between 1782 and 1787 (John
Buller to Sir
George Duckett)...
