Definition von chiltern hundreds im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A merely formal office applied for by members of Parliament when they wish to resign from the House of Commons. the job of representing a particular government area in Buckinghamshire in Britain which no longer exists. Members of Parliament apply for the Chiltern Hundreds when they want to stop working before the next general election
As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats
A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward